Friday - June 30, 2006

Drill, baby, drill

The U.S. House voted 232-187 lift the 25-year old ban on offshore drilling.

The Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act would expand drilling options beyond the Gulf of Mexico, where searching for oil is already permitted. The bill would allow drilling more than 50 miles from the coast and gives states the power to allow drilling as close as three miles from the coast.

Predictably the environmentalists are having fits. In a press release titled House shreds offshore drilling moratorium the enviro-whiners say:

Ignoring Americans’ demands for smart, innovative, clean energy solutions, the U.S. House voted 232-187 today to lift the 25-year moratorium on offshore drilling, just as millions of Americans are headed to America’s beaches for the holiday weekend. The bill, H.R. 4761 sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), shreds the long-standing moratorium, makes states jump through bureaucratic hoops to regain protections they currently enjoy, would allow drilling as close as 3 miles to shore if states choose, and cost the federal government billions of dollars. Solutions as simple as making cars go farther on a gallon of gas and as innovative as harnessing the power of the wind and the sun were completely overlooked.

Perhaps we should point out the word moratorium means a temporary suspension. As for these alleged American demands for smart, innovative, and clean solutions, you forgot the word cheap. Raising the CAFE standards only results in flimsier, more dangerous cars. Wind and sun power are too expensive. Plus enviro-weenies don’t like wind farms where they live. Ain’t that right Senator Kennedy, who opposes one off of Martha’s Vinyard.

Posted by Christopher     on 06/30/2006 at 07:20 PM   
Filed Under: • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • Environment •  
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