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Does this look like it is hurting the caribou? For the benefit of those who did not notice, when Gustav came through the center of oil production in the Gulf Of Mexico this past week, Not one oil spill occurred. Yet this is one of the reasons used to say we cannot drill offshore.I agree totally we need all forms of energy to get away from foreign dependence. Yet, we have to drill where the oil is, which happens to be offshore. We have already explored all the locations on land with the exception of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Just this one formation contains 4 billion to 10 billion barrels of oil. For another viewpoint of ANWR go to:
http://www.anwr.org By the way the picture above is from a similiar location in Alaska.
I supervised the drilling of many oil and gas wells. Some offshore in Mobile Bay where nothing was allowed to go overboard, not even a glass of water. We did it safely, and environmentally friendly. That was over 20 years ago. The days of gusher wells blowing oil through the derrick are long gone. Modern drilling methods can leave a very small foot print and when they are finished, the land is restored as it was before.
As T. Boone says, we cannot drill our way out of this crisis, but we still need to pursue all forms of energy as we transform our economy to more green methods.
I have not worked for an oil company for over 19 years, but I understand the working of the oil industry from the geology, drilling, production, and transport end.
I am not an apologist for Oil Companies, only a realist. We need immediate help, before a crisis or terrorist event throws our country into a tailspin.
ALL FOREIGN OIL COMES IN BY TANKERS, an even greater risk of spills, while our offshore drilling is transported by pipeline to our refineries.
Remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill? I worked for Exxon to clean up that spill as one of the safety directors. I know the problems first hand, I saw the damage. It can happen again as we transport oil to our country by tankers. It is much safer to use pipelines.
I believe we need to drill our own oil, instead of sitting on our hands while China and other countries drill off Florida in international waters and use modern angle drilling to tap into our nations reserves and steal them from you the citizens of this country. Is that what you want?
Here is a short quote:
"Chinese firms are planning to slant drill off the Cuban coast near the Florida Straits, tapping into U.S. oil reserves that are estimated at 4.6 billion to 9.3 billion barrels. This compares with 4 billion to 10 billion barrels believed to be beneath the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge"
Want to read more go to:
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/china_starts_oil_drilling.html
Please just consider these thoughts from an 61 year old grandpa who wants the best for this country and my 15 grand children.
Yes, I want to get off oil as soon as possible and pursue all other forms of energy, but we need a stop gap plan in place to help us get there.
God Bless
Grandpa AL