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Can I ask few dumb Questions
FrancF
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#1 How can China Drill for oil 60 miles off the FLA coast line and we (THE U.S.) can't?
#2 Cuba is along side of them drilling. If a major spill happens, who cleans it up if it hit the FLA coast? China is a polluter, Cuba doesn't have financial resources being almost as poor as Haiti. just who will pick up the tab?
#2 Cuba is along side of them drilling. If a major spill happens, who cleans it up if it hit the FLA coast? China is a polluter, Cuba doesn't have financial resources being almost as poor as Haiti. just who will pick up the tab?
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2) we will have to clean it up, costing millions and millions of dollars.
#1 China stays in international waters so they cannot be accused of violating anything. We will never drill again as long as you have Dems and Enviros running the show. They want to pursue alternative energy which is all good and well, but it will not be viable for another decade or so...we need oil during that time.
#2. If a spill hits our soil...we...as in taxpayers...will pay for it. Our govt will not go after any other country to pay for their accident.
On a side note, I caught a segment on the news this afternoon where some Dem leaders are talking about having the feds take over the refineries to control them. Yeah...lets have the feds take over and really screw things up.
Well, you are a Mod. Don
Help me here, don Why are we not drilling?
quote: 1) china isnt bound by green peace legislation.
I haven't seen green peace bugging the Chinese oil drillers in little rubber boats...
#1 How can China Drill for oil 60 miles off the FLA coast line and we (THE U.S.) can't?
Ask the democrats.
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
#2 Cuba is along side of them drilling. If a major spill happens, who cleans it up if it hit the FLA coast? China is a polluter, Cuba doesn't have financial resources being almost as poor as Haiti. just who will pick up the tab?
Take a big guess.
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
Well, you are a Mod. Don
Help me here, don Why are we not drilling?
We are too concerned about possible pollution and almost endangered worthless creatures. Also, the oil companies are enjoying outrageous profits now so why put more money in exploration and stand the chance of the price going down? I know of no company that wants to make less money. Don
if a "pirate" blew up their little rigs they can't blame the US, can they? *hint hint*
I'd volunteer to do a little pirating [;)]
The Florida GOP, until recently, hasn't exactly been friendly to drilling interests....the usual NIMBY routine
Same along the west coast. But yet you can't see an oil rig 60-70 miles away (easily) and that seems to be one of the beefs here.
Same along the west coast. But yet you can't see an oil rig 60-70 miles away (easily) and that seems to be one of the beefs here.
The Chinese are drilling 60 miles off the Florida coast.......but from what I understand, thats within Cuban waters.
We could drill 30 miles off our coast but, until recently, that was unexceptable to most of the power-brokers in Florida....Dem and GOP alike
1) china isnt bound by bullschit green peace legislation.
2) we will have to clean it up, costing millions and millions of dollars.
DITTO......
I haven't seen green peace bugging the Chinese oil drillers in little rubber boats...
i didnt say a bloody thing about protesters, i was talking about legislation. our citizenship, as a whole and by way of the electoral process, is limiting or prohibiting exploitation of our own resources. apparently 5 dollar gasoline doesnt hurt them enough. maybe 10 dollar gas will...
I think the Chinese would use those little rubber boats for target practice
quote:I haven't seen green peace bugging the Chinese oil drillers in little rubber boats...
I think the Chinese would use those little rubber boats for target practice
good!
technically they're still US citizens (greenpeace guys that is), that would give us an excuse to torpedo the asiatic bahsturds!!!
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
I haven't seen green peace bugging the Chinese oil drillers in little rubber boats...
i didnt say a bloody thing about protesters, i was talking about legislation. our citizenship, as a whole and by way of the electoral process, is limiting or prohibiting exploitation of our own resources. apparently 5 dollar gasoline doesnt hurt them enough. maybe 10 dollar gas will...
Here is what I am getting at
quote: 1) china isnt bound by bullschit green peace legislation.
If the US were to do the same, "In the same waters" "green peace" and all the other radical environmental wackos would be all over it.
I am not fighting you KEVD18.[:)] Just the idea oil prices are high, the US gets guff and grief for exploring and looking in our own back yard- Yet other countries get to explore and tap resources under our nose with no environmental responsibly that You and Will pay for.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
#1 How can China Drill for oil 60 miles off the FLA coast line and we (THE U.S.) can't?
Ask the democrats.
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
#2 Cuba is along side of them drilling. If a major spill happens, who cleans it up if it hit the FLA coast? China is a polluter, Cuba doesn't have financial resources being almost as poor as Haiti. just who will pick up the tab?
Take a big guess.
They better learn to care if they like their sweet cushy jobs. Nancy Pelosi better tighten her jock strap aqnd get a clue real fast. IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID. I love O'bama's response "OH it's too hard. We won't see any oil for at least 7 years." Well it's sure is a good thing this moron wasn't President during WWII. He'd be saying "OH defeating Hitler is too hard. It's going to take a real long time. Can't we just get a long"
We're the United States of America. We do what other nations say s "too hard" We are the third largest oil producer in the world. We can produce more.
Drill here. Drill now.
Or is that a stupid question also?
My .02
#1 China stays in international waters so they cannot be accused of violating anything. We will never drill again as long as you have Dems and Enviros running the show. They want to pursue alternative energy which is all good and well, but it will not be viable for another decade or so...we need oil during that time.#2. If a spill hits our soil...we...as in taxpayers...will pay for it. Our govt will not go after any other country to pay for their accident.
On a side note, I caught a segment on the news this afternoon where some Dem leaders are talking about having the feds take over the refineries to control them. Yeah...lets have the feds take over and really screw things up.
From what I understand, even if we start drilling now in Anwar and other places, it will be at least ten years until that oil hits the market.
Originally posted by FrancF
I haven't seen green peace bugging the Chinese oil drillers in little rubber boats...
The Chinese will shoot missiles at the green peace activists if they get in the way of the drilling!
What's stopping oil corporations from drilling outside territorial waters ?
Or is that a stupid question also?
I'm sure some are doing it already.....somewhere like the North Sea perhaps.
I assume the problem is once you get so many miles offshore that water just gets too deep.