If we have no guarentee of any benefit of drilling, then don’t drill here. It is as simple as that. It is a business caculation. Don’t host a risky operation in a bunch of people’s lives with no financial benefit and insurance to them for the inconvience and risk you cause.
My house goes down in value and people’s livlihood is wrecked for what in exchange? My taxes go up for loss of business. Good people’s families and wealth are wrecked. What do we get for this risk? A few jobs they offered on the rig (some of whom they murdered to save a buck in operations)? That didn’t help offset what they did to my life and the life of others who live and work here.
BP is stomping around the globe happy and profitable as can be with a mess in it’s wake. They do this all the time to third worlders. I suggest we not let them have the same deal here. We are not stupid, dirtboy. The Gulf is not their property. They have public leases to screw us up for nothing in return.
Here is what it is like. Let’s put an oil dump in your back yard and see how you like the property and business losses, cancerous gases, odor and death. All the profit goes to the dumping company and no one gives a crap about you becaue all that matters is the profit for the dumping company. In fact if you complain about it, you are an anti-capitalist so shut up and eat it. You should count yourself lucky that the dump truck driver has a job.
Maybe if we can publically torture and execute all the executives in the oil company and their Federal overseers if they cause a spill, that would be the insurance we need. Right now, they are frolicking in their limos and shaking us down in DC after what they did here.
You didn't answer my question - have you given up driving gasoline-powered vehicles?
BTW, I almost never drive any more, so I am actually doing something to reduce gasoline demand. So don't lecture me unless you are doing the same.
Ok lady, that is scary, you're suggesting the torture and execution of oil company employees.
Don't you think there's something wrong with that?