so mere opening does not mean that drilling will follow. I wonder, however, whether this is a strategy to pass clean energy measures - give something that looks good on paper but has little practical impact but gain passage of a climate change bill http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8596692.stm
Wojtek
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >From a comment on the NYT story:
> "This is so short-sighted and wrong-headed. The U.S. Energy Information
> Administration's own analysis states that: [A]ccess to the Pacific,
> Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on
> domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030.
> http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html"
>
> and even then projections are of such minimal amounts likely to be found
> that this is simply a joke...
>
> and he'll surely reinstate the laws that demand double-hulled tankers,
> holding energy corps directly responsible for the costs of spill clean-up +
> penalties, and providing recompense to states, communities, other
> industries
> and property owners for any damage that results... or not.
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> > That socialist Obama on his decision to open up the coast to oil
> drilling:
> >
> > "Ultimately, we need to move beyond the tired debates between right and
> > left, between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who
> > would claim drilling is a cure all and those who would claim it has no
> > place. Because this issue is just too important to allow our progress to
> > languish while we fight the same old battles over and over again."
> >
> > Yup. Let's give up on conservation & alt.energy research and drill, baby,
> > drill!
> >
> >
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