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Originally Posted by texas*princess
First off, chill out.
Secondly, I'm sure there are really good reasons why drilling hasn't begun in those places you mentioned otherwise I'm sure they would have done it long ago.
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Yeah...I'm chilled. Haha.
Secondly, I'd really love to hear these really good reasons why we haven't been openly exploring the millions upon millions of unproven reserves in the places I mentioned. The reason why is exactly what I stated. Democrats and tree hugging liberals have fought coastal drilling for a long time now. It's all about environmentalism.
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May 26, 2001
By Tamara Lytle
Orlando Sentinel, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats will wage war against a White House compromise that would allow drilling off Florida's shores but move it farther from the state's beaches......
"It looks like they're hellbent they're going to drill off of Florida," Nelson said. "We've got a fight on our hands.".....
"We should not drill for oil one mile off Florida's coast, and we should not drill 100 miles off the coast. The plan will hurt our environment and could potentially devastate Florida's tourism industry."
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July 24, 2006 Public Citizen to Congress: Don’t Allow New Coastal Drilling Expanding Drilling Will Not Lower Prices; Reducing Demand, Strengthening Regulation of Oil Companies Will
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opening environmentally sensitive areas to oil and natural gas drilling won’t ease energy prices or reduce oil imports and should be rejected by the Senate when it votes this week, Public Citizen said today.
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Judge bars new coastal oil drillings A federal government plan to extend offshore leases is put on hold pending a wider environmental study that could take years
By Kenneth R. Weiss
Los Angeles Times
August 13, 2005
A federal judge effectively blocked new oil drilling off the California coast, ordering federal officials not to allow exploratory wells or other activity until they conduct a more extensive study of the environmental risks — a process that could take years.
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Bush Reverses View Of California Offshore Oil Ban
By J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2003 (ENS) - The Bush administration said Monday it will not appeal a court decision that upheld California's right to ban oil and gas exploration in federal waters off the central coast of the state....
"Bush administration officials must have decided that they don't have a strong legal case, as I have pointed out all along," said California Senator Barbara Boxer, a Democrat. "I hope that they now also understand how much we Californians care about our coast."
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Here is another link concerning the Deep Ocean Drilling legislation
http://feinstein.senate.gov/news-oil-drilling83006.html
Now......this is the kind of attitude that I am more prone to agreeing with:
The St. Petersburg Times
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas: "I think that you go in every place that you can to find resources."
Rep. Tom Tancredo: "You bet. I would agree to exploration off the coasts.
I mean, it's -- how fair is it, today, that, Louisiana is producing all the oil that California and other (states) are consuming, and they refuse to allow the exploration of oil off the coasts?
"I'd say, you know, if you won't allow it, you can't use it, the stuff that we're getting from Louisiana... So, yes, you better drill every place you can here."