Yes, the new buzzword/phrase (besides “Drilling now wouldn’t change anything”) is “68 MILLION ACRES!!!! that the oil companies are ignoring—they should develop all those places first—there’s no need to drill in places like ANWR or off of Florida or California!!”
Neal Cavuto highlighted this on his show today.
Congressman Dumbshjt: Drill 'em anyway, and be certain, before we open up any more leases to you.
Sorry to extract a portion of your sentence construction since that might miss the intent of the sentence. But, the article says that the leases need to be explored and if they turn up commercial quantities they would be developed; otherwise the land is worthless but the oil company owns the lease anyway. Congress doesn't know if oil/gas is present on those leases when they offer them for sale.
Oh, yes! That’s all I’ve heard the past few days, that damn 68 MILLION ACRES!!! The idiots all stare at the camera like they’re Stepford wives, droning on and on about the blasted 68 million acres. Geez, they’re so STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!! Not an original thought, phrase, or the truth for that matter, ever comes out of their sorry mouths.
Like the article said, that depends on if there is proven (recoverable) oil there. If there is, then fine, go get it. If there isn’t, then they’ve got to go elsewhere.
Just between us chickens, though, I imagine as soon as they find it and set up shop to go get it, that someone will file an environmental lawsuit about the endangered medium light brown earthworm.
Sorry but that comment has me laughing my arse off. It only shows the ignorance of those that have no knowledge of oil. Just because you lease it, doesn’t mean there oil!
And don’t you just KNOW that if oil WAS discovered to be plentiful in any of those areas, suddenly the govt would step in and declare it to be a “protected wetland” or national park or some crap like that.