“Just how exactly did Florida get excused from oil drilling?”
Er....a note from home?
I’m no environmentalist but it seems odd that Florida would be a state producing oil. It’s not known for its oil and it’s seasonally unstable and it’s big draw are the lush beaches on the west coast and east coast.
I would hate to see it go big in the oil production business.
...Scott jumped in Johnny-come-lately and now he’s claiming all the victory for himself...
Democrats get out maneuvered again.
Um, Mar-a-Lago?
And Drill CA right through Jerry Brown’s head.
Just incase FL ever thinks of becoming a blue state... Trump will have you surrounded by oil rigs and windmills
So what.
Just a little payback for Obama sending the jihadis en masse to every red state in the country. heh
:)
Florida’s economy is dependent on tourism. It is also home to the most 1st magnitude fresh water springs in the world. World famous beaches and world class resorts, fishing, hiking and the best rated state park system.
People come here for vacation. Florida doesn’t need oil drilling to sustain its economy.
Watching the local Miami media TV “news” you can see HOW MUCH they hate Trump and Rick Scott.
I saw multiple reports on the issue in Miami. EVERY TIME the oil drilling decision was talked about, the blatant insinuation is that the ONLY reason for the announcement was political. Bill Nelson the Demon Rat senator who wanted to stop the drilling negotiations started WHINING when the policy decision he WANTED was decided on his favor. Nelson the whiner said it was ONLY done to help Scott.
Remember when Reagan said he didn’t care who got the credit as long as the agenda was won? Bill Nelson isn’t that mature.
For the record, I wish we WOULD drill. I disagree with the Interior Department.
Cuba is drilling anyway, not that far from Florida if there is a spill.
I think that if you let Florida out, then other states can legally argue that they should be let out, too.
It’s a long haul for support of off-shore operations, if one rules out obtaining operations bases at ports along Florida’s coastline. In contrast, off of Louisiana, there were so many boats under charter, as to allow multiple boats to support a rig that developed critical needs. If one’s support bases are among The Bahamas, logistics for the southern half of Florida are say more tenable than if based out of Georgia or existing Gulf of Mexico oil-patch states.
In 1991 Port O’Conner, Texas hosted U.S. based logistics for American rigs operating in Bay of Campeche, via customs at port of Frontera, Tobasco MX. Multiple U.S. flagged OSV shuttled between the two locations for over a year. That’s a really long haul for drilling materials and equipment. Eventually sourced some iffy materials from Dos Bocas due to operational demands.