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 know the American people generally get what they want, but not always. To make my point, we have a See, I Told You So that took less than 24 hours to occur. |
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President Bush wants to use $235 million in federal money to prevent Florida's Everglades and beaches from oil and gas drilling. In a written statement on Wednesday he said that Florida is known worldwide for its beautiful coastal waters and the Everglades, and that he is acting to preserve both. Now, what he basically did was say there is not going to be any drilling off the shores of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico for either oil or natural gas, nor will there be any drilling in three wildlife refuge areas including the Everglades on the peninsula of Florida.
 Now, what did I say on Wednesday? I didn't decry that - I decried the reasoning. The announcement of this policy pretty much put the nail in the coffin on the whole ANWR effort. The environmentalist wackos jumped all over this and said if it's unsafe to drill in Florida for gas or oil, then how can it be safe in Alaska? I guess I've been wrong about this all along. |
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The Saint Petersburg Times reported on Wednesday that Gulf Stream Natural Gas System, LLC, announced that it has placed into service its new natural gas pipeline with the capacity to transport 1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to growing Florida energy markets. The 581-mile pipeline system is the largest natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. This milestone represents the availability of the Sunshine State's first new natural gas source in more than forty years.
Folks, this is California just waiting to happen. And of the 581-mile pipeline system, 430 miles crosses the Gulf of Mexico. Whew! Good thing we snuck this in before the president decided not to do any more piping and drilling. Pretty soon, if Florida runs out of natural gas and can't provide enough electricity or whatever, it's going to be just like California. They hadn't built any power plants in however many years and wondered why, with price caps and everything, "We're out of power, Myrtle!"
The self-defeating nature of the decision in Florida vis-à-vis Alaska, Colorado and elsewhere, just boggles the mind. My friends, normally these things take a week to play out because the left is so busy protesting things that they don't hear about them. But they heard about this one constantly and I knew they would. This is big, folks; it really is. You can say good-bye to drilling in that tiny, frozen corner of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
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