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The Obama Watch
Drill, Barry, Drill
The president’s decision to drill in the Gulf remains sound, and he knows it.
The Obama administration’s fortune in having the SEC announce criminal charges against Goldman Sachs days before the Senate was to vote on a financial regulations bill did not stick when the national discussion changed to offshore oil drilling. Three weeks after the president announced his intentions to allow limited offshore oil exploration, a drilling accident in the Gulf of Mexico released what some experts predict could be the largest oil spill in history.
Doh.
Now, environmental activists are exploiting the oil spill and calling on the president to drop his plans to expand offshore drilling. The administration should ignore them. It is right; the radical greens wrong.
Even if this spill becomes history’s largest, it will remain an extraordinarily rare outlier. Anti-drilling extremists don’t want to admit it, but the science bears out that offshore drilling is extremely safe. The occasional spill happens, but they are rare and typically quite small.
The Energy Information Administration has determined that offshore drilling within the USA’s Exclusive Economic Zone has a 99.999 percent safety rate, meaning that only .0001 percent of extracted oil has been spilled.
In fact, natural seepage leaks far more oil into the oceans than man-made spills do, according to a joint study by NASA and the Smithsonian Institution. The study found that natural underground leaks put an average of 62 million gallons of oil a year into the world’s oceans. Offshore drilling? Just 15 million gallons a year. Tanker spills leak 37 million gallons a year.
Just as importantly, major spills seem to produce terrifying visuals at the time, but little if any lasting ecological damage.
Yet all of this science isn’t helping Obama with the greens, which is ironic
When Obama announced his offshore drilling plans in late March, the radical environmental groups acted as if Obama’s middle initial were W. “We’re appalled that the president is unleashing a wholesale assault on the oceans,” Jackie Savitz of Oceana told the New York Times.
After the spill, Savitz released a statement saying, “This event is a bitter reminder that offshore drilling is not safe, and that we need to be moving away from the dirty and dangerous energy choices of the past.”
The irony is that Obama is having the same strategy he used to pass his health care legislation turned against him. The president got the health care bill passed by ignoring the research and hyping the anecdotes. Every cancer patient without health insurance was presented as the norm, not the exception, while the positive aspects of the system were downplayed and the fact that the vast majority of Americans were a) covered, and b) liked their coverage was ignored in a rush to change the entire system.
Now, the administration is stuck defending its scientifically backed policy while the opposition attempts to affect change by exploiting the emotional reaction to a tragic event that is not representative of the norm.
To its credit, The White House is holding firm. Yesterday it released a statement calling its plan a “thoughtful, scientifically grounded process for determining which new areas on the outer continental shelf are appropriate for exploration and development, and for assessing the potential risks and benefits of development in areas that are being explored.”
That’s more or less right. Obama limited the reach of his drilling proposal for political reasons, but the decision to expand drilling is scientifically and environmentally sound. No matter how much the mainstream press falls for the claim that this spill proves drilling environmentally catastrophic, it isn’t, and Obama mustn’t let the exploitation of this unfortunate accident stop his much-needed expansion.
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Ret. Marine| 4.30.10 @ 7:23AM
Right from the get-go I did not believe this statement (obama announced his drilling plans in late March) coming from the usurper-n-theif. As if his lieing words have meaning at all. Not. This, like most of the lies he tells on a daily basis, is just another lie to attract Republican participation in the next grand sceme. I surely hope the Repub's don't fall for this.
His "thoughtful. scientifically grounded process= years of fighting from the enviro-terrorist will be long gone as he will likely be, will amount to nothing less than the usual talk, more talk, lies and more lies. Yeah right. I would rather put trust in my old dead goldfish of my youth. There is no way this usurper-n-theif will ever make words stick to actions. He's all lies, and that what he does best. I like your intentions but, reality is a must if we are to believe anything coming from a mouth of any person who is clearly an un-documented worker.
Son Of Sam| 4.30.10 @ 3:44PM
I think that the TelePrompter In Chief spews out all these lies to see if anyone is paying attention. Attention...the only thing this gutless parasite really cares about. Well guess what jackass... we ARE paying attention. That's why allyour Kool Aid sucking little zombies are going to get crushed this election.
stand strong until freedom dawns
Son Of Sam
How can you people be so dumb| 5.1.10 @ 11:55PM
How is he an usurper, you braindead vacuum? He won the popular and electoral vote.
Expanded drilling was just a bone he threw you morons to get your cooperation on the climate bill. But once this disaster spreads its course you can expect that to be a dead issue for at least a generation.
Spill, baby, spill.
An American Patriot| 5.2.10 @ 8:06AM
Braindead vacuum? Please stop talking and posting as if you too know something we don't all already know.
If you call being elected by dead people, illiegal aliens, cartoon charaters and morons of the left being elected, well this says too much about you already. Usurp: to seize and hold ( power, position, or authority) by force or without right, now think where in the Constitution does this usurper-n-theif have any authority to seize control over this Nations, economy, healthcare, automobile manufacturing, etc. now who's the moron here? Don't go away mad asshole, just go back to idiots-r-us where your knid of thoughts get noticed and respected for insight.
Anthony| 5.2.10 @ 3:23PM
Oh, so you admit that you follow a man who lies thorugh his teeth? And apparently you have no qualms with the concept of him doing so.
Hey fool, don't you think Obama has the same distain for you brainless, leftist trolls? Do you honestly believe we were taken in by the Community-Organizer-In-Chief? For even one brief moment? Not on your pathetic life, pal.
We're not zombies like you.
If drill baby drill is so abhorent to you, why don't you and the rest of the eviro nut jobs take over Mexico and go back to 18th Century living. We'll send over some cheese now and then.
Alan Brooks| 5.2.10 @ 12:27AM
Latest headline (I shit you not):
"Lawyers flock to Gulf Coast as oil spill spreads."
No, it is NOT the Onion.
Alan Brooks| 5.2.10 @ 7:41PM
... where the carrion lies, the vultures flock to.
ds80| 4.30.10 @ 7:30AM
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in the Gulf: the blathering Left excoriates the Bush Administration for taking 2 days to respond, after the local New Orleans and Louisiana state government punts).
Oil spill in the Gulf: Obama Administration acts nine days later to begin coordinating
response effort.
Reaction by the Left? The state-run Media?
Eric(OfConservativeMind)| 4.30.10 @ 8:01AM
Yeah. In four-point font... yay Barack!
I wouldn't go so far as to say that this was planned, unless some information otherwise surfaces that proves the point; But this is quite a windfall for Barack. Though he is left defending his policy decision, the fact is that BHO opened up less than 5% of the total drilling area that could be mined for oil on the continental shelf. His concession in the face of that percentage is unsurprising.
This just gives BHO, who is aligned with the environmentalists, a reason to -- very quietly -- have the bureaucracy produce more regulations related to offshore drilling, punish the company that owns the oil platform, withdraw his policy decision to allow drillers onto the continental shelf at all, or a mish-mash of any combination of policy decisions and more.
c. j. acworth| 4.30.10 @ 6:26PM
Right you are, Eric. I can just imagine the greenfreaks salivating at the thought of using this to extort oil company support for cap-'n-tax for starters.
Mike| 4.30.10 @ 10:46AM
So how well did local and state government respond to the current crisis? And why do those who hate the Federal government and want to reduce it's size always seem to expect it to take care of emergencies like this one?
ds80| 4.30.10 @ 12:08PM
Mike: try reading and understanding the post before you spew. Note that nowhere was there a comment about the appropriateness of either Bush or Obama's response. The comment was about the duplicitous, hypocritical media and agenda-driven Left.
PS: you're jerky knee is showing.
Mike| 5.1.10 @ 9:25AM
Just making general observation. Why are you so angry?
Stephanie| 4.30.10 @ 3:15PM
Because Mike, it's their frickin' job.
Mike| 5.1.10 @ 9:26AM
Willing to pay taxes so the government can do "their friction' job?"
victor| 5.2.10 @ 2:22PM
Hey Mikey,
Which "half" of the 150,000,000 income tax filers are you, eh?
The 47% that do NOT pay income taxes or the 53% that foot the other half's tax bill? Hmm?
The bottom 50% only pay 2.89% of the tax dollar, while the top 1% pay 40.42$
Percentiles Ranked by AGI
AGI Threshold on Percentiles
Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1% $410,096 40.42
Top 5% $160,041 60.63
Top 10% $113,018 71.22
Top 25% $66,532 86.59
Top 50% >$32,879 97.11
Bottom 50%
victor| 5.2.10 @ 2:23PM
Hey Mikey,
Which "half" of the 150,000,000 income tax filers are you, eh?
The 47% that do NOT pay income taxes or the 53% that foot the other half's tax bill? Hmm?
The bottom 50% only pay 2.89% of the tax dollar, while the top 1% pay 40.42$
Percentiles Ranked by AGI
AGI Threshold on Percentiles
Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1% $410,096 40.42
Top 5% $160,041 60.63
Top 10% $113,018 71.22
Top 25% $66,532 86.59
Top 50% >$32,879 97.11
Bottom 50%
victor| 5.2.10 @ 2:24PM
Percentiles Ranked by AGI
AGI Threshold on Percentiles
Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1% $410,096 40.42
Top 5% $160,041 60.63
Top 10% $113,018 71.22
Top 25% $66,532 86.59
Top 50% >$32,879 97.11
Bottom 50%
victor| 5.2.10 @ 2:27PM
So much for your tired, hackneyed and blatantly false assertion that the "Rich" pay NO taxes.
Your move, Benefit Boy
Sorry for the multiple posts. but the last part was cut off.
Mike| 4.30.10 @ 10:46AM
So how well did local and state government respond to the current crisis? And why do those who hate the Federal government and want to reduce it's size always seem to expect it to take care of emergencies like this one?
Kylie Estwick| 4.30.10 @ 11:20AM
There is no immediate danger to human life because of the oil spill. His response to Haiti was sufficiently rapid and that is a more appropriate comparison by far.
Stephanie| 4.30.10 @ 3:14PM
You stupid liberal. Go read the Drudge Report and see the oil slick in the gulf. Your boy waited 8 days and you lefties had the gaul to rip GW for waiting 2?
Clinton| 4.30.10 @ 5:46PM
Different standards. There was a conference on standards held by the State Media Collective and chaired by Comrade General-Secretary & President For Life Obamalev. They decided it would be fair if there would be two sets of standards; one for liberal intentions and another for conservative accomplishments.
Blackwatch| 5.1.10 @ 12:55AM
The Affirmative Action President strikes again!
Hopefully by 2011 they can take the training wheels of the Telepromter?
But seriously, can't we have a new President already? This one just plays golf, HO's around with black girls, and gives speeches to sicko-fans.
Hey hey Ho Ho--Barry The Kenyan's got to go! Sing it with me people--you know you always wanted to do that chanting thing.
Mike | 5.1.10 @ 9:32PM
You stupid liberal.
You stupid conservative. Go read MoveOn.org.
Lern Corectr Wurds| 5.1.10 @ 11:51PM
The Drudge Report, lol.
ps, It's gall. Gaul was the Roman name for France.
copy cd | 4.30.10 @ 1:06PM
ds80, i agree with your post.
last american| 4.30.10 @ 2:17PM
ds8o, are you kidding me? A government response to a disaster created by corporate America? sounds like a Bailout! I thought you people hated bailouts! BP had repeatedly given assurances they had everything under control, as well they should, they created this damn mess! Are you suggesting the government should have to pay for this man made environmental disaster perpetrated by the oil company, ala Exxon and Alaska? Oh yes, let's just keep drilling and cleaning up after billionaire corporate titans who continue to screw us at the gas pump!
ds80| 4.30.10 @ 6:30PM
last american ... why not read what the post actually said before venting your sanctimonious spleen? That you don't makes you a discredited laughingstock.
Blackwatch| 5.1.10 @ 1:03AM
The oil companies make about 8 cents a gallon profit at the gas pump.
The Feds make 28 cents a gallon profit at the gas pump. And they do nothing for it!!! They don't employ anyone or risk capital to earn that money. They just suck it out our wallets because we have so many sheep in this country.
That's about 350% more profit than the oil company.
pull your head out of your anus you moron! please stop voting too. You are so fuc*ing stupid. God I hope some illegal alien drug dealer kidnaps you and sends you overseas so he can live a better life here in your place. That would be a vast improvement for the rest of us. Libtard!!!
Scott| 4.30.10 @ 2:27PM
Hey you tool, Federal law states that BP is responsible for the cleanup, not the Federal Gov't. Get a clue.
Louis Jenkins| 4.30.10 @ 8:13AM
Horray for the drillers!! Horray for the Pretender n Chief!! Not! There's something here that just doesn't add up. Only time will tell. I can guarantee that Obama's policy will change, even for the 5% increase in space that's allowed for new exploration.
Majito| 4.30.10 @ 9:27AM
I know the danger of being called paranoid but it just so weird for me that when at last the us is shaking it's shackles from the minuscule environmental groups (for experience i know they're loud but not that many) bum!! an explosion in an off shore rig takes place (when was the last time this happened?) and the whole debate turns now into 'freezing any offshore drilling'...call me crazy but after two weeks we still don't know what caused the explosion...ha? say what? that's too many shaky stories to digest...to me this was an inside job to halt the us move towards oil independence...its just so unbelievable to me...call me nuts but...
Scott| 4.30.10 @ 2:30PM
Right, BP let their rig get 'sabotaged' by environmentalists or federal agents? You are the wacko.
This is going to cost BP hundreds of millions of $. Who was the insider? Did you loose your tin-foil hat?
Clinton| 4.30.10 @ 5:51PM
Making excuses for a lack of action by the Messiah is not exactly balanced either. If we were to hope for a change in government environmental policy, I guess all we can hope for is less energy, more cost, less response and more paperwork.
What's important is that they care though, so that should be good enough.
On the other hand, Bush caused Hurricane Katrina and the federal government was supposed to actually do something about stopping it instead of dynamiting the levies and forcing people to stay in New Orleans.
Did you forget to blame George Bush for blowing up the oil rig and making the oil slick? There's still time, Scott. You jump right on in there. We'll believe you, I mean you make sooooo much sense. How could we resist? I know I'm sending your name in to be a team leader for Comrade General-Secretary Obamalev's "Organizing for Socialism in America" committee. See you at the party plenum.
Anthony| 4.30.10 @ 9:56AM
Obama was never serious about this pledge. He and the radical Left would love to see $4.00 a/gal gas. They are hell bent on the destruction of the American economy and can't wait for America to revert to its 18th century roots.
November can't come fast enough, and if we don't take America back from these Marxist radicals, all is lost.
Blackwatch| 5.1.10 @ 1:12AM
$4/gal gas? Ha--dude it's $3.19/gal here in NorCAL today. Shut down the Gulf rigs and were looking at $8/gal by July 4th.
Looking forward to the soups lines or the Insurrection whichever comes first!
Meanwhile Obama's banging some chicky and playing golf.
I wonder who went "long" on June/July Oil Futures? Hilliary? Soros? Putin? My money is on the Russians.
Dan Hirsch| 4.30.10 @ 10:11AM
Andrew, dude!
Your opening line shows you as fooled - the announcement of the Goldman Sachs prosecution was NOT a happy coincidence! SEC is in the Executive Branch which is run by the President...
With this Administration, there are NO coincidences, none, not any, not even one. Remember, they believe in Central Planning.... so they do it all the time.
Oldefarte| 4.30.10 @ 11:27AM
Speaking of Axelrod, Emmanuel, Obama, Garrett, [Van] Jones and the rest of those CHICAGO-WAY GANGSTERS; let me propose a possible scenerio to all of you. Suppose a certain political party and it current operatives (that have now shoved down the throats of Americans the NON-stimulus bill, the WELFARECARE bill; and are attempting to impose AMNESTY for the ILLEGAL ALIENS crossing the Texas/Mexico border in droves, and taking full advantage [at taxpayer expense] of our American hospital emergency room services, public schools/transportation,etc) wanted to impose politically its Cap-and-Tax and invironmental WACKOISM, and possibly arranged for domestic terrorist operatives to plant explosive devices upon an Venice, Louisiana oil rig and to blow same up [and take political advantage of the resulting environmental damage/destruction from same]. JUST SUPPOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT| 4.30.10 @ 11:36AM
You can always count on Amspec readers to say 'Drill baby, drill!', even when the crude is lapping up on your shorelines...
Fail again
ds80| 4.30.10 @ 12:12PM
Shall we extrapolate, GT? Let's ban fire engines coz they hurt owls. See how absurd lib-thought is?
Anthony| 4.30.10 @ 5:34PM
GT you are a gold mine of leftist stupidity. When was the last oil rig spill? How many billions of barrels of oil are safely extracted from the ocean floor each year? If you don't like off shore drilling how about ANWR? How about shale and other land based oil deposits? When was the last nuclear plant malfunction?
No, No and No; that's all you enviro morons know. Meanwhile, the Russians the Cubans and the Chinese are all drilling happily away in the Gulf and other places. America under Obama is in a race for 3rd world status, with fools like you in the lead.
Ya know, trolls like you who survive on Big Macs and mocha frappies had better be careful, 18th century living was very hard. I can't imagine an incompetent like you surviving for a week, having to hunt for your food, let alone cut a cord of wood to keep your sorry ass warm.
We are a $15 Trillion economy,do you think wind will do the job? Maybe it will, if we gather up all you trolls and have you blow in unison.
Oldefarte| 5.1.10 @ 2:10PM
Depending upon what state [possibly Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts,etc] GT resides in, maybe the best solution would be to have the Gulf Coast oil producing states [Texas, Louisiana, etc] simply NOT SUPPLY/SELL THEIR ''''DRILL BABY DRILL'''' OIL PRODUCTS TO STATES THAT GT AND HIS ENVIRONMENTAL WACKO FRIENDS LIVE IN [so they can place windmills on top of their vehicles for power movement of same; or simply ride bicycles 40 miles to/from their hand powered factories]!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.30.10 @ 11:45AM
GT Stoopnagle,
That oil helps keep your mommie's basement lit.
Troll fail.
NavyBrat | 4.30.10 @ 12:39PM
Ken. Not only does the oil help keep the lights on in the basement, but it also helps GT take the bus to the welfare office & the methadone clinic. What EVER would we do without our methadone fix?
Todd| 4.30.10 @ 1:08PM
I have considered Andrew Cline suspect ever since he ran to Ted Kennedy's defense when the fat bastard finally dies and this article does nothing to change my mind. First he claims it was just good fortune that the SEC announced criminal charges just before a vote on his Banking Deform bill and then he also indicates Obama is serious about drilling more and is somehow disappointed that this accident will interfere with his plans to expand offshore drilling. Give me a damn break, no one is buying that here. This is the American Spectator and not The Daily Beast. While the information given by Andrew Cline is correct and helpful, his analysis of Obama is way off. You can be damned sure Obama will exploit this disaster for all it is worth and refuse to expand any offshore drilling while burdening the oil industry with onerous regulations.
Scott| 4.30.10 @ 2:35PM
Can't have any "onerous" regulations now can we Todd? Who cares if our fishing and toursim industries go in the toilet right? At least we don't have any darn regulations.
Todd| 4.30.10 @ 8:27PM
Do you have any idea Scott how many drilling Rigs there are in the world and when was the last time something like this happened? To ban drilling because of this would be like banning commercial flight because a plane crashed. Like Mr. Cline mentioned, millions of gallons of oil per year leak into the ocean naturally and this accident is a drop in the barrel in comparison and people like you will hype this far beyond its actual impact. BP will have to pay up for the cleanup and will make the necessary adjustments. In short, you are an ignorant ass.
Scott| 5.3.10 @ 9:50AM
Where did i say anything about banning offshore drillling? I was talking about regulations to ensure that you don't have a repeat of this situation where you have a well with no shut-off capability.
But all the morons, like yourself, see any regulation as evil. You'd prefer if BP just regulated itself.
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Scott| 4.30.10 @ 2:33PM
So, once all of the gulf's white beaches are covered in oil will you still be shouting Drill, baby drill?
At what point do you ever say, hey we weren't entirely right when we were promising how safe offshore drilling was. They can't get the well stopped in warm waters. How well do you think they would be failing if they were drilling in the Arctic off the shores of Alaska like so many advocate?
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.30.10 @ 2:44PM
Scott,
You are so ignorant of reality, I hate to even answer you.
(sigh) nevertheless, having been in energy construction for thirty years, I just gotta'.
THE GREAT VALDEZ OIL SPILL...was all cleaned up in less than a year. The oil companies all chipped in.
A couple of thousand birds died. OK. I have personally killed a couple of thousand birds for my kitchen table. ...Enjoyed them too.
I got an idea. Turn off ALL your lights...and computer...for a week. Then get back to us, dumb-bunny.
Anthony| 4.30.10 @ 6:13PM
Hey Ken (Old Texican), while Scotty boy bemoans a once in a 30 +year accident, his and the other trolls on the Left, hero, ALGORE, has just built a $8M Macmansion on the California coast. Let's see, that's Macmansion # 3, or is it #4 for the bloated one? Gore's carbon footprint is bigger than Obama's ego.
Hey Scotty, Gore ain't using wind for heat, nor to light up that 20,000 sq ft monster.
You fools on the Left can't even pick your heros right.
Scott| 5.3.10 @ 9:52AM
Cleaned up? You can still go up there and find rocks all over the shoreline still covered in oil.
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Stephanie| 4.30.10 @ 3:20PM
Old Texican, you make me chuckle. Thanks.
Dustoff| 4.30.10 @ 3:24PM
Ken (Old Texican)|
I work in the medical field. If poor Scott doesn't like oil. Then he better learn to care for himself.
Much of the medical stuff we use come from OIL!
Like IV bags just to start off with.
I just love these green fools. You want no oil use. Move into a cave bud.
Blackwatch| 5.1.10 @ 1:19AM
Maybe Scott can move to a recently vacated cave complex in Tora-Bora. No oil in them Afghanistan hills to worry about. Locals not too friendly but you can woo them with your green energy shtick.
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owyheewine| 4.30.10 @ 5:18PM
I'm thinking that the teleprompter is programmed a week or so in advance, so 8 days is an expected delay.
In his "defense", let me say unequivocally that the government doesn't have anyone capable of doing anything substantive in this tragedy. A bunch of lawyers, in spite of their self proclaimed omnipotance, know nothing about how to control a well 5000 feet below the ocean's surface. Maybe they think that swat teams can jump in and plug that sucker. All of the officials can be nothing more than spectators crowding around a fire. Government involvement here, other than assisting cleanup, will just impede the people that know what to do.
This is a tragedy for the country's need for increased domestic oil production. The oil leaked will disperse, and be gone in a relatively short time, but the treehugger driven pictures of a tar ball on a tuft of marsh grass and an oil soaked bird or two will be shoved down our throats for years.
Vera Baker| 4.30.10 @ 11:29PM
I assure that this President intends to do plenty of drilling in the next several years. Michelle is the one against this activity but I assure you that the President will not be deterred.
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Rmm| 5.2.10 @ 10:09AM
Is this another stroke of good fortune for the Anointed One? Rahm says, ' never let a crisis go to waste'. Another opportunity has presented itself for O to wrap the Feds tentacles around and put onerous rules & regs on another slice of the economy. Geez, how have we gotten so fortunate? Not!
martin j smith| 5.2.10 @ 3:13PM
Now not for one nano second do I trust anything that Obama says. This includes limited off shore drilling while denying drilling in more favorably productive areas. However, he did stick his foot in his mouth on this issue. He can try to wiggle and skiggle but the sound bites are there. As for this lates oil spill-it is indeed Obama's Katrina.
Stick him with it.
Jeff Perren | 5.2.10 @ 4:06PM
The point has already been made about the indispensability of oil to modern civilization and the well being of individuals, but I'll expand on it.
To the anti-oil crowd, I have a question: what would you advocate doing without?
1. Medical devices of every variety (most of which use plastic in some form),
2. Food transported more than a few miles from its source,
3. Clothing for billions of people (nearly all of whom would be poorly clad or naked if not dead without oil products),
4. Shelter that keeps out killing cold...
The list could be made thousands of items long, of course.
Also, would you accept the construction of thousands of new nuclear plants to power electric cars (roughly half of whose components still require oil to make synthetics)? How would you power airplanes, then?
Sadly, the Left's answers to all these questions are well known. They consist of equal parts fantasy ("new Green technology will miraculously transform the world while raising costs only modestly, if at all") and Puritanism ("You should do with less, a lot less.")
Scott| 5.3.10 @ 9:55AM
No one is advocating living without oil. My repsonses were only to those idiotic comments that the oil spill will create more "onerous" regulations. The basic philosophy of this site is that all gov't regulations is bad, hampers economic activity, and creates no social good.
Josh| 5.2.10 @ 10:21PM
It seems like Obama just used a cleaning up the environment & using renewable resources as a promotional tactic to get elected. Now these issues have been put on the back burner and seems like he could care less. When we have a 100,000 barrels of oil going into our gulf a day means we have a serious issue that needs to be addressed. NOT a week later when you get around to it!
Loveitorleaveit| 5.4.10 @ 7:17AM
This is the most pathetic website I ever seen. These people here are poor losers. You lost the election so get over it. I hope these next 7 years are the worst of your life so get used to it and now you know how we felt when W. was President. Stop crying you little babies!!
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