Some in South Carolina favor finding out how much oil and gas resources we have off our shore. Up and down our coast however, local governments are on record opposing offshore oil drilling. I don’t live in the SC-01 congressional district, but I do live on a beach north of there. Why do you think we should accept the risk of oil spill here? My career was in nuclear power. As far as I know, we don’t have any oil-fired electric generating plants in our state, although many homes and businesses do have diesel generators or small gasoline-powered generators for use during power outages. To folks who say we should risk our beaches for the good of the nation, I note that the Savannah River Site is not the type of place you’d pick for storing nuclear waste, but here we are, storing plutonium waste from nuclear weapons production. You’re free to wish that we freeze in the dark, but I’d sure rather you tell your elected officials that SC should not continue to bear the burden of this risk, and that a less-risky place be chosen (again) as a waste repository.
“Why do you think we should accept the risk of oil spill here?”
Cite all the scientific studies that show areas that were irretrievably harmed by an oil spill.
“Why do you think we should accept the risk of oil spill here? “
IMHO, the “risk” is more than acceptable. Once you get past the gloom and doom scare tactics of those whose intent is to cripple this nation.
I have been involved in the offshore petroleum industry since 1973 and the extent they go to ensuring safety and accident prevention is extraordinary.
I also have strong ties to the American fishing industry and I have stated previously that installation of offshore infrastructure on the Atlantic side from Florida northward would facilitate a major boom in the enhancement of fish stocks as it has done in the Gulf of Mexico. If I thought for a minute that it would harm the ocean or the fishing industry I would not be endorsing it.
BTW, I lived on the beach in Florida.
A successful nation must have access to abundant energy resources.