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Originally Posted by texas*princess
TexasWSP - there are plenty of environmental reasons to *not* drill in those places you were talking about. I'm not those decision makers but I'd venture to guess there are more reasons than just the environment ones. It's not like they just shook their finger at the oil companies and said 'no' just to piss you guys off.
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Look, I'm in the oil and gas business. My father has been in it for 32 years. He is a vp in one of the largest producers of natural gas in the united states. I'm not telling it from a one sided point of view here. I'm telling you like it is........I'm failing to see the reason why you keep trying to argue this with me. Did you not read a single article I posted? It's right there, spelled out, in plain English. They won't let you drill off of Florida because of environmental "concerns". They won't let you drill off the coast of California because of environmental "concerns".
I never said there weren't environmental reasons to *not* drill. If I did I didn't mean to. That really means nothing to me though. These days there are "environmental concerns" for doing just about every single thing you could possibly do. When I go buy a bag of dog food, there is a potential for "environmental concern".
If it weren't for "environmental concerns" there would be off-shore drilling rigs off of the California Coast. The waters where the leases are located to drill in are all within federally regulated boundaries....there isn't supposed to be a damn thing they can do about.
However, this is where legislators out there get shady. There are plenty of loopholes in the system where if a "study" shows that oil and gas companies didn't take the necessary steps to ensure environmental protection then they can override the federal governments authority in the matter. If they can show a "potential" for future problems, they can override the system. Well.....that last part pretty much causes everyone to be shit out of luck. The process that goes into creating a well is extremely technical and you have to go through tons of safety checks, geological checks, geographical checks. etc. etc. You can put a well in the safest environment on the planet........doesn't mean there isn't a potential for something bad to happen.
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