How many of you are against or for offshore drilling?
Norway is a beautiful country and they are enviormentally sound people and they are self-sufficient. And they also export. Why can't we. France runs almost all of its power on nuclear power and they store it underground. And we don't.? And for those of those who think that offshore drilling won't decrease gas and fuel prices. You're wrong. Keeping money out of foreign hand makes the dollar stronger. And since it's close to good old Uncle Sam artificial marketing wouldn't be a global thing. And also if it was a mistake to not start drilling years ago we need to start now.
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I am for it. You are correct - we should have started years ago. There is a entrenched " Green Movement " in the U.S. that is against nuclear power and oil drilling, offshore or on land. One thing that the liberal left wing news will not tell us about is CHINA, WITH CUBA'S PERMISSION IS DRILLING 50 MILES OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
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You got it right and look at summer 2005 when Katrina followed by Rita tore through the Gulf of Mexico and destroyed over 100 oil platforms. Did you see the stories of oil spills? NO? That is because there was none. The oil industry has brought technology to bear that caps the wells at the ocean floor preventing any spills.The reason the offshore drilling was stopped off both coast was the threat of spills which is now gone and we are talking about 50 miles out to sea where they will be below the horizon from shore not like Galveston where if you look real hard you can spot them. As far as ANWAR the pristine section you see on the TV is not the area where they want to drill it is the frozen to 1000 ft deep tundra on the far north where a size of an airport will be developed and connect to already existing pipeline to the south. The fact is they just want to stop us from having oil to push their alternate energy which no one ask them when will it be ready. They complain that it takes 5 to 10 years to get through the red tape and build the infrastructure to bring the oil to market, but no one ask how long till your hippy energy will power our economy. Truth is way longer than 5 to 10 years.
