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EIN News says, "Halt in Offshore Drilling Cuts Funds for Virginia's Transportation Projects. There will be no offshore rigs, no new oil industry jobs and no additional money for road and rail projects in Virginia after President Obama's announcement Thursday to halt offshore drilling plans. The decision has left Gov. Robert F. McDonnell scrambling to find another source for transportation funding and jobs during one of the worst economic downturns in decades. (washingtonpost.com)".
Here we have the first signs of another stupid decision on the part of the President. We have been working for years with self-imposed energy limitations, which have had a strong part in the economic decline of the U.S. This new decision will be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
I don't know what you can do about it, but you better think of something, unless you belong to that group which considers the U.S. a loser and want an international playing field.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Cooperate with Oil Companies in Deep Water Drilling
E-Mail to Congress:
EIN News says, "Obama to Extend Ban on Drilling New Deepwater Oil Wells. President Obama on Thursday will announce a six-month ban on drilling new deepwater oil wells, the White House said, and cancel plans for exploratory drilling and new lease sales off the coast of Alaska, as well as a proposed lease sale off the Virginia coast. (washingtonpost.com)".
Another ridiculous control imposed on the US economy by a socialistic Federal Administration!
The fact is that BP has discovered a tremendous supply of oil in the form of the gusher, which is operable under the pressure of 5000 feet of water. We should be drilling deepwater oil wells, because we have now proven that that's where the oil is.
I have been listening this morning to the President's Press Conference. A large number of questions from the press involved the oil well leakage in the Gulf. It was clear from the nature of most of the Press questions, that the group was composed of obsessively wild environmentalists. Even if these people lived in log cabins and cut their own firewood, they would be tempted to freeze to death so that they would not be destroying trees. I am what I call a reasonable environmentalist, with a position as Director of Environmental Compliance for University. My experience has clearly developed the perspective that one must always look at environmentalism from a total perspective, including needs of mankind. This does not exclude the need for energy.
I agree with the President's statement that we should be looking down the road to other renewable sources of energy and technology not yet discovered, with present use of oil and other fossil fuels as stopgap measures. However that takes time. If we deprive ourselves of fossil fuel energy in the short-term, the collapse of our economy will obviate the necessity for sources of renewable energy.
Bottom line. Allow oil drilling companies to keep drilling in the deep water, because that's where the oil is, and we need it. Allow these exploratory drilling companies as much leeway as possible, by helping them to obtain the best technical expertise available. Allow them to take the risk of accidents with no government bailout and to pay corporate-wise and personally for errors and accidents. Allow them significant profits for taking these risks, when they are successful. This will, all be to the advantage of the general public and it would be ridiculous to follow up with later talk of excess profits tax.
EIN News says, "Obama to Extend Ban on Drilling New Deepwater Oil Wells. President Obama on Thursday will announce a six-month ban on drilling new deepwater oil wells, the White House said, and cancel plans for exploratory drilling and new lease sales off the coast of Alaska, as well as a proposed lease sale off the Virginia coast. (washingtonpost.com)".
Another ridiculous control imposed on the US economy by a socialistic Federal Administration!
The fact is that BP has discovered a tremendous supply of oil in the form of the gusher, which is operable under the pressure of 5000 feet of water. We should be drilling deepwater oil wells, because we have now proven that that's where the oil is.
I have been listening this morning to the President's Press Conference. A large number of questions from the press involved the oil well leakage in the Gulf. It was clear from the nature of most of the Press questions, that the group was composed of obsessively wild environmentalists. Even if these people lived in log cabins and cut their own firewood, they would be tempted to freeze to death so that they would not be destroying trees. I am what I call a reasonable environmentalist, with a position as Director of Environmental Compliance for University. My experience has clearly developed the perspective that one must always look at environmentalism from a total perspective, including needs of mankind. This does not exclude the need for energy.
I agree with the President's statement that we should be looking down the road to other renewable sources of energy and technology not yet discovered, with present use of oil and other fossil fuels as stopgap measures. However that takes time. If we deprive ourselves of fossil fuel energy in the short-term, the collapse of our economy will obviate the necessity for sources of renewable energy.
Bottom line. Allow oil drilling companies to keep drilling in the deep water, because that's where the oil is, and we need it. Allow these exploratory drilling companies as much leeway as possible, by helping them to obtain the best technical expertise available. Allow them to take the risk of accidents with no government bailout and to pay corporate-wise and personally for errors and accidents. Allow them significant profits for taking these risks, when they are successful. This will, all be to the advantage of the general public and it would be ridiculous to follow up with later talk of excess profits tax.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
End Government Liability Caps for Oil Spills
E-Mail the Congress:
EIN New says, "Congress Urged to End Liability Caps for Spills. A top Obama administration lawyer asked Congress to get rid of all federal liability caps that protect energy companies such as BP against huge damage payments to fishermen, hotel owners and others affected by oil spills. (chron.com)".
You need to see that this suggestion develops into a Bill and strongly support it. The Obama Administration is a danger to the country because of their misplaced ideology, but a person in the Administration may occasionally have a good idea, even if it's for the wrong reasons.
A federal liability cap is nothing more than another bailout, which we abhor.
This must be a country of free enterprise, where government will not interfere with private research, development, and production of goods. That is a function that must be left to private industry. Private industry must be left to gain potential profit and also be subject to loss through incorrect judgments and actions in the marketplace. That is not to say that there should not be some government oversight to avoid unnecessary risk to the public at large.
In the case of the recent Gulf oil leak, the Oil Drilling Regulatory Section of the Administration did not do its job, in spite of the fact that they were warned by nongovernmental experts. Similarly, we don't want private industry to be working with atomic weapons and lethal disease organisms without some government oversight. The key point in all of these is that such oversight must not be picayune. It must be objective, without political influence, and concentrate on the likelihood of major disasters.
EIN New says, "Congress Urged to End Liability Caps for Spills. A top Obama administration lawyer asked Congress to get rid of all federal liability caps that protect energy companies such as BP against huge damage payments to fishermen, hotel owners and others affected by oil spills. (chron.com)".
You need to see that this suggestion develops into a Bill and strongly support it. The Obama Administration is a danger to the country because of their misplaced ideology, but a person in the Administration may occasionally have a good idea, even if it's for the wrong reasons.
A federal liability cap is nothing more than another bailout, which we abhor.
This must be a country of free enterprise, where government will not interfere with private research, development, and production of goods. That is a function that must be left to private industry. Private industry must be left to gain potential profit and also be subject to loss through incorrect judgments and actions in the marketplace. That is not to say that there should not be some government oversight to avoid unnecessary risk to the public at large.
In the case of the recent Gulf oil leak, the Oil Drilling Regulatory Section of the Administration did not do its job, in spite of the fact that they were warned by nongovernmental experts. Similarly, we don't want private industry to be working with atomic weapons and lethal disease organisms without some government oversight. The key point in all of these is that such oversight must not be picayune. It must be objective, without political influence, and concentrate on the likelihood of major disasters.