Bah! What benefit would we get from putting rigs off Florida's beaches? The satisfaction of knowing that we're trying?
You do realize that the rigs are only the top part? Underneath, there is a deep hole with pipes and stuff that goes really, really deep and pumps out oil. And guess what? It would be our oil to do with as we please.
Every gallon of oil pumped off our shores is one less gallon we are buying from Arabs. I'd think the benefit of that far excedes the fact that maybe a few hundred people will have to see the vague distant outline of an oil rig every once in a while.
A few hundred people? Florida is a vacation destination for our country, and for many around the world. I'm not sure I agree the benefit far exceeds the cost. What kind of dent are rigs in Florida really going to put in our dependence on foreign oil? It seems so minor.
Yes, but the geometry involved in line of site means that only particular sections of the coast will have a view to an oil rig. If they put one oil rig every 100 miles or so, then you are only talking about like 1/10000000th of the beach area having a view of an oil rig. Even then it is only if the rig is visible from the beach, which in most cases they are not. That's what I means by a few hundred people.
What? :huh: Did you bother to check? Florida's offshore oil reserves are comparable to Texas and Louisiana's. That's a lot of oil.
This was already tried and failed during the Clinton Administration. If you aren't sure what I'm referring to you can get Red to show you his list of what all Clinton did and he too, failed to get OBL and his terrorists resulting in what we now know is 9/11. I wasn't in the military but according to all the ex-military men I've heard on tv and radio; The only way to capture the bad guys are by invasion and occupation of a country!
See my response to Gumborue. I think any military man who knows anything about stopping enemies would disagree with you. I don't know if I agree with you here or not but one thing that I do know is when we usually go to war it seems like we always leave a country better off than they were before. Also if you don't stay you will do what the Soviets did when leaving Afghanistan, a vacuum created will bring in the bad guys. This was part of our argument over leaving Iraq early. I don't see any problems with drilling for oil. Like Red said, the problems are usually with transporting the product. How about drilling on the western slope in Colorado? As usual the democrats oppose it and the republicans are for it. Btw, this is what happened when the people of colorado voted against the republicans and put democrats in charge! http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/06/news/economy/birger_shale.fortune/?postversion=2008060617 Keep in mind that I am concerned about the environment and for alternative energy, I don't know anyone that isn't concerned about these issues other than China. We do have to explore alternative energy but we have to get from here to there somehow until that day arrives. Remember Hurricane Katrina? The mother of all hurricanes and we didn't have one problem with the rigs in the gulf. Also the nuclear plant at Laplace went through the hurricane also. I can agree with this but the democrats still oppose the exploration and drilling for oil, it still plays a role. Matter of fact the congress wasn't too concerned about the energy crisis since they didn't vote on it before their time off. I think Red could be flat out wrong, the president lifted the federal ban on oil exploration and the oil prices dropped the next day. There is no doubt that if we went full speed ahead prices would drop, it happens all the time around the world, doesn't it? I think the democrats will get a wake up call if they continue to oppose oil drilling, etc. Americans are struggling with high gas prices, it will create higher prices on various services also. No doubt in my mind on this, no brainer!
Putting money in people's pockets is better than taking it out. Trust me. After two years of Obama we will be screaming for 4 more years of Bush.
