At some point we are going to have to tell the EnviroNuts to sit down and STFU. Drill NOW!What the hell is wrong is George Bush? While we are at it, what the hell is wrong with Liberals, Environmental Whackos, and frankly much of mainstream America?
We have countless oil reserves off shore from the West Coast, off shore from the Gulf states, in Alaska, and throughout the continential United States. We must look like completely self-destructive, hypocritical, foolish, morons to the rest of the oil producing world.
Our working class, and over-extended middle class, are now fighting $100-$125 gasoline fill-ups. A huge chunk of the money we pay for crude oil, and petroleum products, goes right into the hands of our enemies, and so-called allies (who hate our guts and hope we and Israel die).
We waste billions, and billions, and billions of dollars fighting a war on poverty (that will never be won), a war on (some) drugs (that will never be won), a war of (some) terror (that will never be won so long as morons refuse to seal our borders) - yet we won't spend a penny to help ourselves with the oil crisis?
I grew up in the oil fields. Almost every man in my family worked in the California (and Oklahoma, and Texas) fields at some point. I worked in an oil productio supply warehouse starting at 10 years old. BEfore that, I would ride in the fields with my grandpa and dad as they drilled and produced oil.
This is what needs to be done:
1 - We need to build 3 massive refineries. One in the Gulf, Two on the West Coast. We haven't built a refinery in decades, and the ones we have are above maximum capacity.
2 - We need to lift almost all regulations and taxes on oil exploration, oil drilling, oil pumping, oil shipping, oil refining.
3 - We need to make sure that all of those oil related companies, above a certain $ level, are publicly traded and thus can be invested in by each and every american.
4 - We need to open drilling. Gloves Off. Drill offshore (each of our shores). Drill Alaska. Drill on land. And drill with international partners.
5 - We need to use the massive burst to our economy to partially invest in solar, wind, nuclear, other-atomic, and other forms of cheaper, cleaner, renewable energy, as well as technology to CHEAPLY increase fuel efficiency.
6 - we need to make Iraq pay for its own liberation by taking enough oil from them, or buying at cost, until we have been repaid each and every damn dollar we spent on the war to liberate them. And, we need to take enough more to pay the families of each and every dead soldier one million dollars.
When it has reached the point that we are begging terrorists to please pump more oil, the madness has got to stop.
At some point we are going to have to tell the EnviroNuts to sit down and STFU. Drill NOW!I would add one thing: When the enviro whackos take things to court, deny their filings/motions/crap based on national security.
The Saudis don’t need to raise production, we need to freakin’ DRILL IN ANWR and ease the foreign oil addiction.
But of course the Dems won’t let us....