[sargon]

Look, the fact is, the majority of the citizenry of this state will continue to jealously protect the Everglades, whether rational or not. There are not any significant oil reserves to be tapped there. 1,800 barrels a day of low grade crude which is full of sulphur? LOL!

I'm all for drilling wherever there are significant enough reserves to do justify doing so, without excessive environmental risk. For Florida, that means drilling in the Atlantic, and any candidate who wants to make a drilling in the Everglades part of their agenda will disappear faster than that lawn dart did...

[sargon]

I know Michigan has swamps, but they don't form the basis of the entire ecosystem up there. I imagine the Great Lakes do.

The real 'Glades Guru, of course, was Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Her legacy and influence have probably rubbed off on a lot of us Floridians. Worse things could happen. There are simple better, more productive, less risky places to drill for oil off the Florida coast. If oil exploration and production ever happens in Florida on a large scale, the Atlantic ocean is the probable location.

But I say "Drill, baby, drill" wherever it makes the most sense. But the Everglades aren't the place where it makes the most sense, thankfully.