Comments on: The foolishness of the offshore/ANWR drilling debate in solving our energy crisis http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/ Center-left commentary for a world in trouble Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Oil Crisis Is (Still) Not Like A Toothache: Fighting The “Drill Now” Rhetoric » Boztopia.com http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14165 The Oil Crisis Is (Still) Not Like A Toothache: Fighting The “Drill Now” Rhetoric » Boztopia.com Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:22:35 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/#comment-14165 [...] environmentalists and energy activists out there to remind us that offshore and ANWR drilling is a fool’s errand at best, public opinion is beginning to shift in favor of “drill, drill, [...] [...] environmentalists and energy activists out there to remind us that offshore and ANWR drilling is a fool’s errand at best, public opinion is beginning to shift in favor of “drill, drill, [...]

]]> By: Top http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14148 Top Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:39:41 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/#comment-14148 It would be intereting to know how many gallons of fuel we have used to fight the war in Iraq. It must be mind-boggling! McCain can't remember when he's had a fresh idea. Swithing gears from no new drilling to, hey ... let's drill! And please Bush Jr., just shut up and try and not screw things up anymore than you already have. Go away quietly and please, please go away. No more embarrassing trips on our behalf please. It would be intereting to know how many gallons of fuel we have used to fight the war in Iraq. It must be mind-boggling!

McCain can’t remember when he’s had a fresh idea. Swithing gears from no new drilling to, hey … let’s drill!

And please Bush Jr., just shut up and try and not screw things up anymore than you already have. Go away quietly and please, please go away.

No more embarrassing trips on our behalf please.

]]> By: Raju http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14147 Raju Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:09:06 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/#comment-14147 It is one thing drilling for oil off shore, and it is another seeing the price go down. I doubt the price will go down. Oil cmpnaies, hedge funds will only take more profit. I would. Wouldn't you? Ethical corporations? The problems we face today is a result of years of allowing freewheeling corporations. They are more likely to lock workers up in a factory if thre were no legislations against it. I am not sure if anyone is aware of this. To counter the growing threat of Russia and Iran. The Bush administration has embarked on building a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, down through Pakistan into India. This is a competing gas line against what Iran was planning to do. Who's idea is this? Haliburton? Can you imagine the complications, the problems, the danger, the life lost? There is abundant gas in the Straits of Malacca. In Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. If india wants gas, they can run a line from there. The Chinese are already building two massive ports, so their battleships can be stationed. One in Macao, and the other in Sri Lanka. To counter the giant up north, Sri Lanka has made an alliance with China. Reason China has to have power over this area? Gas in the South China sea, the Straits of Malacca, and the Indian ocean. The battle seems to be over natural gas, considering Indonesia and Malaysia will become net oil importers in 5 years. But there is plenty of natural gas. So, I am assuming China wants a bigger share of the gas in this region. They already contend some of the islands that are part of Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam as theirs. So, one can imagine. So, if the US does not beat China to the punch, we are in toruble. Plus, the gas line from South East Asia is a much cheaper, and less risky option then Turmenistan. And China a bigger threat than Russia. As far as Iran building a gas line, it will only stall them a few years. It is one thing drilling for oil off shore, and it is another seeing the price go down. I doubt the price will go down. Oil cmpnaies, hedge funds will only take more profit. I would. Wouldn’t you? Ethical corporations? The problems we face today is a result of years of allowing freewheeling corporations. They are more likely to lock workers up in a factory if thre were no legislations against it.

I am not sure if anyone is aware of this. To counter the growing threat of Russia and Iran. The Bush administration has embarked on building a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, down through Pakistan into India. This is a competing gas line against what Iran was planning to do. Who’s idea is this? Haliburton? Can you imagine the complications, the problems, the danger, the life lost? There is abundant gas in the Straits of Malacca. In Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. If india wants gas, they can run a line from there.

The Chinese are already building two massive ports, so their battleships can be stationed. One in Macao, and the other in Sri Lanka. To counter the giant up north, Sri Lanka has made an alliance with China. Reason China has to have power over this area? Gas in the South China sea, the Straits of Malacca, and the Indian ocean. The battle seems to be over natural gas, considering Indonesia and Malaysia will become net oil importers in 5 years. But there is plenty of natural gas. So, I am assuming China wants a bigger share of the gas in this region. They already contend some of the islands that are part of Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam as theirs. So, one can imagine.

So, if the US does not beat China to the punch, we are in toruble. Plus, the gas line from South East Asia is a much cheaper, and less risky option then Turmenistan. And China a bigger threat than Russia. As far as Iran building a gas line, it will only stall them a few years.

]]> By: Boztopia.com | The environmental crisis isn’t like a toothache…you can’t drill your way out of it. http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14143 Boztopia.com | The environmental crisis isn’t like a toothache…you can’t drill your way out of it. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:04:39 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/#comment-14143 [...] what Joe said here and [...] [...] what Joe said here and [...]

]]> By: The Foolishness Of The Drilling Debate : The DC Feed http://centerblue.org/358/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-14137 The Foolishness Of The Drilling Debate : The DC Feed Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:07:00 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/the-foolishness-of-the-offshoreanwr-drilling-debate-in-solving-our-energy-crisis/#comment-14137 [...] Click here for more. [...] [...] Click here for more. [...]

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