Comments on: Drilling Isn’t The Answer

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:27:08 +0000

If it’s heavy crude, they are not going to be interested in drilling for it at this point. There are tens of thousands of acres of existing leases that have never been touched. Adding more doesn’t alter the economics, or the willingness on the part of the oil companies to risk money on new wells.

It is just more GOP propaganda, that “liberals” are the problem because they oppose the wholesale raping of the planet.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:05:36 +0000

Basically the oil that they are drilling off our coast isn't for autos....it's really low grade that they use for asphalt and industrial sort of things...but you don't hear a single reporter from the corporate media asking a question that would perhaps reveal that fact. Reagan's idea of cleaning up our natural "oil leaks" which do happen (our beaches are dotted with big clumps of sticky, gooey, ooey oil globs) is to "just drill and drain it all out." People of the Rethuglican ilk seem to think that's a good plan. cookie jill´s last blog post..Hold the Guacamole

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:02:04 +0000

If they find oil, they just sit on it until they can gouge people, and if it’s tapped, it can leak.

Energy independence mean renewal resources, not sucking the planet dry.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:46:09 +0000

Don't get me started on this offshore oil drilling stuff.....grrrrrrrrr. cookie jill´s last blog post..oh, great! now we'll have to change our name!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:29:16 +0000

Their only concern is for share holders, which includes the management, so you know they couldn’t care less about anyone else – be they employees, customers, or the nation.

I assume that you have the ethanol stickers added to your pumps, as has happened over here. That is the excuse given for the price increase. Apparently the state wants it, but it drastically reduces the storage life for the fuel I buy for my Mother’s generator. The alcohol attracts water and you get separation if you don’t use it quickly. A lot of boaters are finding this out when they have to have their engines repaired.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:59:42 +0000

and prices have been inching back up at 'my' gas station the past few weeks. $2.01 the day after the election, fell steadily to $1.55 over the following weeks, stayed at that a couple of weeks and then crept back up to $1.89. the self-interest of corporations is very enlightened. it's their social consciences that have shrunk from never-very-big to smaller-than-a-subatomic-particle on greenspan's watch. hipparchia´s last blog post..What will they think of next?