Posted on 03/10/2005 1:43:46 PM PST by John Lenin
That's another problem that needs to be addressed, and addressed yesterday ... More Refineries!!
Oh good heavens yes, we have enough energy right here to keep us going for centuries. We've got oil reserves not only in Alaska but in the Appalachian basin. We've got capped wells scattered throught the country which COULD be producing. Restrictions were lowered on oil and natural gas exploration in 2001.
Gas drilling has increased, and they're actually beginning to PUMP out of some of these wells. rather than capping them off and leaving them, while plans are set to begin building new pipeines to supply the eastern half of the country. Oil exploration is slowly resuming, but envirowackos have more of a problem with oil drilling than they do with natural gas; regulations are still restrictive. (obviously I know more about the energy exploration/exploitation in the eastern half of the country)
Her's a fast fact: in 1996, the US was producing 7.5 million bbl per day. That amount has dropped to 5.1 million barrels, mostly due to restrictive regulation.
Excellent! Now why can't the judicial committee do the same procedural trick with judges???
You got it.
Drill all you want. Hopefully the new Liberals up here will see that Northern Pipeline Act through and TransCanada will soon have their pipe built for ya to entend Alaska to the 48 states.
Between Alaska, Texas, Alberta and soon Newfoundland and maybe even off BC(if the Tory's up here get into power soon enough) you wont have to rely so heavily on them ragheads and whining Venezulans oil for a while. Theres plenty of oil here in North America, I just wish China wasnt investing like hell in our oil companies like Husky dammit...
It would however be nice to get a big stake in other places and not use up our oil resources until later when everyone has nothing left...
There sure is. It might be okay to set up a supermajority/debate club rule for legislation and related squabbles, but those shenanigans are totally inappropriate when they undermine the power of a President to appoint judges as the Constitution prescribes.
No one can say because its never been explored. There is evidence of oil from seeps and from the shales in the area. We won't know until some holes are punched.
BTTT
The GOP needs to be selecting their targets very carefully for the next election. Sounds like this guy is a perfect example of the problems created by not uniting to get rid of a bad apple.
Actually, the Republicans have a few bad apples of their own it might be a good idea to ditch somehow in the primaries if it's at all possible (Specter, for instance).
Fantastic news! I heard about this plan a few days ago.I wondered when it would be voted upon. Just fantastic. Thanks.
Yes, very good news, sanity may be returning to our government.
see post #20 on the following thread for a graphic of the percentages of oil imports we are getting from other nations:
http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324049
(sorry I don't have a website to display the image, but it's clear that Canada is the leading exporter of oil to the USA = 17%
Most of the unions are opposed.
Several including AFL-CIO are actually leading the opposition with AARP.
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