Sen Bill Nelson (Rat-FL) told me to my face at a townhall meeting that the reserves at ANWR were so miniscule that they could not have any impact on price whatsoever.
In a way it is comforting to know that they are consistent; anything a democrat pol says will not be the truth.
Jacquerie: “Sen Bill Nelson (Rat-FL) told me to my face at a townhall meeting that the reserves at ANWR were so miniscule that they could not have any impact on price whatsoever.”
I don’t doubt you. The problem is, NONE of these jerks should be setting energy “policy.” We don’t need more “policy” as we already have more than enough. What we need is for government to get the (#$^& out of the way and let the so-called greedy capitalists solve this problem! It really can be solved, just not by reams of government proclamations from on high.
I tried all day long to educate a group democrats about the futility of lowering oil prices using only conservation. I then used a page from their play book. I said it is very selfish for democrats to hoard US oil from the world market. This was causing poor countries to starve, stay poor and make them unable to travel to affordable health care. I think there was a collective brain hemorrhage on their part. I go no response from them.
And I would have told her she was a dumb ass.
One more farmer planting any given crop probably would not affect the price of that crop either. But there is no logical reason not to let him plant it and earn a living. In ANWR, people will have jobs, earn a living, and pay taxes. But let the companies decide where to invest and let them take the risk.