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Government Set to Unveil Offshore Drilling Plan
Reuters ^ | 3-30-10 | Bernard Orr

Posted on 03/30/2010 7:35:18 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected to announce by Wednesday its updated plan for oil and natural gas drilling in U.S. waters, including whether to allow exploration for the first time along the U.S. East Coast

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: drilling; government; offshore; unveil
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"The plan could pave the way for a significant new domestic source of energy, helping to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports and boost supplies of natural gas used to displace coal in power plants as the country works to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases."
1 posted on 03/30/2010 7:35:19 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather

April Fools!


2 posted on 03/30/2010 7:36:47 PM PDT by WellyP
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Naw! can’t be!


3 posted on 03/30/2010 7:37:07 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (There is no such thing as a conservative democrat - Rinse - Repeat)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I bet there’s some fine print. He’s gonna drill just like Hugo Chaves is going to drill.


4 posted on 03/30/2010 7:37:31 PM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

BS.

Every day some salacious headlines, that mean nothing.


5 posted on 03/30/2010 7:38:11 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: Lost Highway

I got it on Drudge which says this:

OBAMA TO OPEN OFFSHORE AREAS TO OIL DRILLING...

Open vast expanses of water along Atlantic coastline, north coast of Alaska, eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling for first time...

NEWS STAMPEDE: Administration sets ‘embargo’ on press leaks detailing oil plan; 11 PM ET release


6 posted on 03/30/2010 7:39:07 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Patriots Are On The Move)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Middle east war must be imminemt


7 posted on 03/30/2010 7:39:32 PM PDT by PALIN SMITH (Show them our respectable contempt!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I quote Admiral Ackbar - “It’s a trap!”


8 posted on 03/30/2010 7:43:06 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

That’s what the headline will say, but in reality the requirements will make it illusionary to do so .


9 posted on 03/30/2010 7:44:45 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Here is the catch:


Quiet words from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on 3/5, directly indicated a new three-year ban, at least in offshore oil drilling leases. Pure facts dictate this move will kill any American initiative to produce all of its oil independently. More than 2/3 of the American public supports such a move per a Rasmussen poll. It is unknown why the Obama Administration would make such a virulent move, and not allow America to become more oil-independent in a time of major global political upheaval.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2481955/posts


10 posted on 03/30/2010 7:44:58 PM PDT by Clyde5445 (Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
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So...they’ll open it up, but won’t allow leases????


11 posted on 03/30/2010 7:49:12 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The PLANTATION Party is at it again (the DEMS) ....trying to make slaves of everyone)
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Offshore in international waters? Well then, it’s only fair that we drill and then give the oil to the U.N. to do with as they see fit.


12 posted on 03/30/2010 7:49:40 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (This seems like fairly decisive evidence that the dream can, in fact, die.)
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This is odd. Very recently we were commenting on statements that there would be no new offshore drilling during Obama’s administration. Maybe someone got a clue that, with all the economic disasters Obama is laying the groundwork for, domestic energy exploration could probably be the biggest single economic boost they could affect.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=offshore%20drilling

I think they’ve been reading their nosediving poll numbers, and the 60%+ support of more domestic energy production by the American people.


13 posted on 03/30/2010 7:51:02 PM PDT by Will88
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OBAMA TO OPEN OFFSHORE AREAS TO OIL DRILLING...

By the Chinese....

14 posted on 03/30/2010 7:51:19 PM PDT by stboz
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To: Will88

Yes. It certainly is a 180, ha?


15 posted on 03/30/2010 7:52:04 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Patriots Are On The Move)
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I don’t trust this bastard for 2 seconds. He’s up to something


16 posted on 03/30/2010 7:52:23 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: goodnesswins
Actually, that would be true to his form as a demagogue. He can say, “See, I opened the coast to drilling, but those Evil Oil Companies won't drill because they want prices to be high.”
17 posted on 03/30/2010 7:53:46 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Yah. I'm a-gonna just sit and wait for the other shoe to drop. The quid pro quo on this one is going to be deadly.

Redistribution is Theft II, small
18 posted on 03/30/2010 7:53:48 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: sonic109
I don’t trust this bastard for 2 seconds. He’s up to something

100% wise, and he's probably trying to trade for support for cap and trade, or amnesty, or something most Republicans oppose. Maybe Lindsey Graham struck a deal for something (as disgusting as that would be, it's also a possibility).

19 posted on 03/30/2010 7:56:10 PM PDT by Will88
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To: goodnesswins

My guess is that it would be open but the enviromental regulations and taxes would be such that it would not be feasible. It’s like his healthcare bill. Sure you can have private insurance, but you will have to pay a surcharge on it.


20 posted on 03/30/2010 7:57:32 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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