Posted on 08/29/2006 4:03:39 AM PDT by saganite
"Oh I am sure there is some rare species of bat that all this drilling must be disturbing."
Or maybe there's an Indian reservation nearby that would be bothered.
God gave us the environment and yes we have to take care of it. Let's get the oil and take care of the beach "if" it needs help. The environmentalists can shove off. We need the oil and we can take care of the environment too.
That's Buffalo country,....grassfeed buffalo meat is better for you than corn fed beef ...it's on the TV out here in LaLa Land.....we need more Buffalo grazing on good high plains grass..
Marathon (around here anyway) was always off the market price (to the top side), but lately has been competitive again. Our problem with Chavez is that he is still alive. I think his visit to Syria would be an ideal time to destroy him and Assad.
WE have OIL!!
The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska ‘s Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable, at $107 a barrel, we’re looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.
Largest Reserve in the World! From Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006
Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world, more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction.
8 times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
18 times as much oil as Iraq
21 times as much oil as Kuwait
22 times as much oil as Iran
500 times as much oil as Yemen
and it’s all right here in the Western United States .
And your damned obscene congress-critters don’t want you to have access to it, they will obstruct us at every turn.
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