U.S. wants to drill for oil off Virginia-(GASP!!! )

upi ^ | 4/21/07 | upi

[Flavius]

WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- An Interior Department plan would open ocean waters off Virginia to drilling for oil and gas, The Washington Post reported.

The proposal, to be announced Monday, would also allow new exploration in Bristol Bay in Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Congress imposed a moratorium, renewed every year, on drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific, after a major oil spill off Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1982. A vote would be required for any drilling off Virginia.

Environmentalists say drilling might pollute Assateague Island and Chesapeake Bay. Virginia's barrier islands have been designated a U.N. World Biosphere Reserve and a National Natural Landmark.

"This is one of the few places on the East Coast that just never got developed," said Richard Ayers of Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper. "A disturbance of any magnitude would be something the place hasn't seen since the '30s."

Drilling in Bristol Bay north of the Aleutian Islands could begin without congressional approval.

[Abby4116]

Have a good time! Wish I could join you.

I'll qualify for a one time $10 Golden Age Pass this year.

[Gabz]

Who cares what some political activists think, and especially what they say. They mentioned Assateague Island because it is a new word; nobody cares about Assateague Island or is concerned to any measurable degree.

Please, enough with the hyperbole about Assateague, and in no way is it a new word.

I am all for finding new sources of energy resources, and would probably not oppose such efforts off Assateague (not enough information yet to make that determination) however, I can and do understand that are going to be concerns from the people who live near Assateague.......and I'm one of them.

[Gabz]

In the past we couldn’t justify the cost of the seafood festival ($35 per person) but last year we won a ticket as a door prize and so forked over the other $35 so we both could go. We had so much fun, and ate so much food, that we realized the cost is very well justified :)

I don’t know if it will go up this year, but we’ve been paying an annual fee of $15 for access to Assateague, and I think that’s a bargain. I would still think it a bargain at double that.

[sanjacjake]

It’s in Alaska..and I don’t know why, except for
Democrats, this never gets off the ground./..it
makes sense to me? but there is something missing
when they deny that this “pristine” area is off-limits.
Hell, it’s close to Russia and other eastern areas and
the oil is all over these areas..why? No Alaskadrilling?????????????? JK

[Gabz]

I hope you’re just kidding, because Assateague is in Virginia and Maryland, not Alaska.

[thackney]

It’s in Alaska..

Nope.

[sanjacjake]

I phrased it wrong..should be: OK in Virginie, but
why the procrastination and ignoring of the Alaska
area for drilling....JK

[sanjacjake]

See latest post...JK

[Gabz]

Thanks for providing the map!!!!

I’m extremely familiar with the area, having spent 21 years in Delaware and now living less than 20 miles west of the Virginia portion of Assateague :)

[thackney]

But the proposal would also allow new exploration in Bristol Bay of Alaska.

[Gabz]

Now I understand what you were saying........and realize the “JK” is your signature, not shorthand for “just kidding.” So I’m equally at fault for for misunderstanding!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

"This is one of the few places on the East Coast that just never got developed," said Richard Ayers of Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper. "A disturbance of any magnitude would be something the place hasn't seen since the '30s."

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Virginians, please, please, please, oh please support this. (I would.)

[Gabz]

Please see my post #22.

[Paperdoll]

DRILL in Bristol Bay! DRILL in the Gulf of Mexico! And DRILL off Virginia before Cuba gets it all, for Heaven’s sake!

[WanderingOisin]

I think I have mix’d feelings about all of it, but anything that will drive the environmentalists crazy is good.

Though, to be honest I hope any development won’t bring in thousands more urbanites(furreigners, as well call ‘em) here to “get away from it all”, when, in fact, they just bring whatever ****hole of a city they just came from with them.

When we form the State of Delmarva, we must needs have some kind of regulations to keep those people out.

[Gabz]

What more can I say? You’ve said it all, and there is nothing you said that I disagree with in the least.

[danamco]

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