Posted by
Dave on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:12:46 PM
To: Congressman Etherege, Senator Dole, and Senator Burr
I want to know why we haven’t been allowed to drill off the US coast or in Alaska or in any place else. Do not give that that bull about protecting the environment. When we know that has nothing to do with why we can’t drill. Example we have over 1,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and when Katrina came through we did not loose any oil. Also, in Alaska where we do have pipe lines it has actually helped the environment. How did it help just look at the pictures. Oil needs to be transported though the pipes hot so it melts the snow and allows grass to grow around the pipes; thus feeding the Elk and Moose, which has increased the population of both. So this goes to show that the environmentalist got their head up their third point of contact.
We have from the reports I have seen from the government we have more oil in this country and off our coast then the whole Middle East. If we were allowed to drill we would then be the largest oil producer in the world. Just think of the money that would come into this country not to mention the power we would have over our enemy’s. What about Nuclear Power? Why haven’t we allowed any new Nuclear Power plants to be built? Come on if you were really concerned about us the little people you would be jumping up and down because we can’t drill. So tell me again how it’s bad for the environment and why China can drill off the coast of Florida and our own Oil Companies can’t.