Put Pressure On Congress To Vote On Offshore Drilling Now

well they do have one reason for blocking it – fear that too many members of their own party will not toe the line.

Ben's right. It's an election year.

Signed the grassfire one previously and I'll hound Miss Sutton a today.

You made an interesting point with your justification of drilling……….."transition". While the Messiah continue to push batteries, windmills, and etc., it doesn't change the reality that we are 99% dependent on oil. Does he honestly expect everyone to purchase a battery car in this economy they've painted so dreary?

Even if…………..how many new powerplants would be required to support such a wave of new battery-powered vehicles. Here goes the ozone.

Dirty Harry and Nasty Nancy just have too much power when they decide what can and what can't be debated and voted on in their respective houses. Of course, most of that power is based on the fact that all the politicians that back them also need to kiss their backsides to make sure they don't get cut down by Nasty or Dirty. Just think how handy all that is. They back the leader and are so handy for the kissing.

Two words roy: Tom DeLay

you say:

Drilling for oil is not the entire solution to our future energy problems, but it is a big part of the solution until we transition away from oil to alternative energy sources, which is a long ways off.

how do you know this is a correct assertion? did you get another chain email telling you this was the case? just because you insist something is fact doesn't make it a fact. you should back up your statements with factual references if you are going to use a journalistic entity like the ABJ as your backdrop.

try starting with the Energy Information Administration. According to this authority producing in new offshore sites is not feasible within the five year time frame you cited in this post. Sorry, the Drudge Report is not an appropriate source for this subject matter.

as for your last post. i was always led to believe that mitch 'fillibuster' mcconnell was dr. no.

gary,
Chain e-mail ? I don't follow. However, if you want to know why I think we will need gasoline for quite some time yet, that's fairly obvious. Go outside and look around. It shouldn't take you too long to figure it out. You will see lots of cars and trucks driving around, all powered by gasoline. They won't all be gone within five years. Far from it.

I don't know about the Drudge Report (presumptuous, aren't you ?), but oil company estimates of oil production from new offshore drilling all range between 1 and 6 years.

Roy,
It looks like the obstructionists Reid and Pelosi are going to run the clock out as Congress goes on vacation. Nan thinks her job is to "save the planet" instead of help Americans, and apparently, saving the planet involves importing very expensive gasoline from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela and not doing our own drilling. I'm not sure how any of that saves the planet, but that's why I'm not a liberal Democrat like those two. I'm able to reason.

Mr. Roysoldboy,
Thanks for your comments about the procedural rules of Congress. But where was that concern when the Republicans had the majority?
Mr. Alexander D.,
Yes, we are in a deep hole because of our oil dependency. But isn't the first step in getting out of a hole to stop digging?
Mr. King,
Once again, that oil would wind up on the world market. And again, there has been no rapid increase in demand relative to supply that justifies the rapid increase in price. Whether or not the price increase is due to speculation, this is not a problem of lack of supply. Wouldn't the conservative, market-based answer be to develop alternative energy sources as competition to those who now hold us as economic hostages? Wouldn't oil prices drop when faced with this competition?

I really liked what the House Republicans did today, kept the House talking about oil while the Democrats skipped town

"Yes, we are in a deep hole because of our oil dependency. But isn't the first step in getting out of a hole to stop digging?"

I you and many millions are prepared to quit using gasoline this evening…………maybe.

We replant trees, when harvested, because we know our dependency levels. Should we quit planting because of a 15-20 year maturity for Douglas Firs?

Ben: The faux event that House Republicans had today was a precursor to the election this November.

The lights were turned off.

Alex: Weak tea, my friend. Trying to compare an actual renewable like trees with a limited commodity like oil doesn't….ummm… cut it.

Just as the Republicans phony wolf crying about WMD in Iraq, etc., was actually only shilling for PNAC neo-cons and the military complex…so too this current phony wolf crying of drilling beng the answer is only shilling for big oil. Drilling in ANWR and offshore will do absolutely nothing to lower gasoline prices for Americans…..nothing.

Bad news, Rev. Your Messiah flip-flopped on offshore oil drilling today, because he realized it's costing him votes. He's in favor of offshore drilling now (and is also in the Guinness Book Of World Records for the most flip-flops ever by one politician). Wow. He really IS a different kind of politician (the worst kind). The human jellyfish strikes again.

And please Rev and frank, will you please stop saying that producing more oil won't affect the price of oil ? That is just a silly talking point. That's like saying farming won't affect the price of vegetables. C'mon fellas, it's called supply and demand, and in a commodity futures market, it's also about FUTURE estimates of supply and demand. Every country in the world recognizes this obvious fact, but our Dems in Congress don't seem to get it. Besides, if what you say is true, why does gasoline cost 15 cents per gallon in Saudi Arabia ???

I'm willing to bet you that if we ever do get Congress off it's partisan obstructionist butt to do the domestic drilling America wants, that the price of oil will drop just at the announcement of domestic drilling, before the actual drilling even begins.

Mr. King,
The amount of oil to be gained by offshore drilling is too small to have any dramatic effect on price. As to your analogy to vegetables, there are many forms of vegetables, there is only one oil. For your analogy to apply, there would have to be equal varieties of energy to choose from, there would have to be nearly universal and nearly equal supply of oil among the countries, and oil would have to be a renewable resource. As it is, oil has little competition, it is the one resource that we have little of, and until we develop alternatives, we will be dependent on those who have it.
The American people may now want offshore drilling due to the amount of misinformation out there, just as 70% once believed that Iraq was connected to 9/11, just as people invest unrealistic hopes in their favorite candidate. The willingness to believe in these things is a measure of the people's desparation and fear.

Oil is a renewable resource frank. You just have to be patient.