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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% ofAmericans want to drill !
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...l_lower_prices
the public's opinion has changed as well- how can Democrats keep blocking our desire to tap oil resources, when 67% of us want to drill ? you can't blame the Republicans for this, and you can't blame Bush for this- it's a Democrat controlled Congress, since 2006 if you are a car guy who wants to continue to enjoy this hobby, better get your voting priorities in line- McCain wants to drill 67% Support Offshore Drilling, 64% Expect it Will Lower Prices Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Email to a FriendAdvertisement Most voters favor the resumption of offshore drilling in the United States and expect it to lower prices at the pump, even as John McCain has announced his support for states that want to explore for oil and gas off their coasts. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey—conducted before McCain announced his intentions on the issue--finds that 67% of voters believe that drilling should be allowed off the coasts of California, Florida and other states. Only 18% disagree and 15% are undecided. Conservative and moderate voters strongly support this approach, while liberals are more evenly divided (46% of liberals favor drilling, 37% oppose). Sixty-four percent (64%) of voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that gas prices will go down if offshore oil drilling is allowed, although 27% don’t believe it. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of conservatives say offshore drilling is at least somewhat likely to drive prices down. That view is shared by 57% of moderates and 50% of liberal voters. Nearly all voters are worried about rising gas and energy prices, with 79% very concerned and 16% somewhat concerned. McCain is expected to formally call today (Tuesday) for the lifting of the federal moratorium on states being allowed to explore off their coasts for oil and gas deposits. While acknowledging it is only a short-term response, he has described it as a good first step toward reducing U.S. energy dependence on overseas sources. The Outer Continental Shelf moratorium, passed in 1981, bans exploration for offshore natural gas and oil deposits. Barack Obama, McCain’s opponent for the White House, voted against an effort to lift the ban last year in the Senate. He argued that it was only a short- term solution. National Democratic Party leaders and most environmental organizations for years have strongly opposed efforts to explore for oil off the coast of the U.S. According to the new survey, 85% of Republicans are in favor of offshore drilling as opposed to 57% of Democrats and 60% of unaffiliated voters. Those who call themselves conservatives favor such drilling 84% to 46% of liberals and 59% of self-designated moderates. African-American voters are less supportive of such drilling than whites – 58% to 71%. Women are more skeptical than men about the impact such drilling will have on gas prices: Nearly one out of three male voters (32%) say prices are very likely to go down, a view shared by only 23% of women. Four out of five Republicans (79%) think prices are likely to fall thanks to offshore drilling, a view shared by only 55% of Democrats. Sixty percent (60%) of unaffiliated voters expect it to happen. Voters also believe 61% to 22% that oil companies should be required to reinvest at least a portion of their profits into alternative energy research. On this question, liberal and moderate voters are strongly supportive of the proposal while conservatives are more evenly divided (47% of conservatives in favor, 35% opposed) Data released yesterday showed that Americans believe developing new energy sources is the best long-term solution to the nation’s energy problem. Forty-seven percent (47%) said private companies were more likely to solve the nation’s energy problem than government research programs. But, at the same time, only 52% said companies should be allowed to keep the profits from the discovery of any alternative fuel sources. See survey questions and toplines. Crosstabs are available for Premium Members only. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdge™ Premium Service for Election 2008 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a Presidential election. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% of Americans want to drill !
"trippin-2-8-track" wrote in message http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...l_lower_prices the public's opinion has changed as well- how can Democrats keep blocking our desire to tap oil resources, when 67% of us want to drill ? you can't blame the Republicans for this, and you can't blame Bush for this- it's a Democrat controlled Congress, since 2006 Why has the right been blocking oil for so long? Why didn't they open ANWR when they had control of both branches of government? Why has the right failed for so long to get anything done? Why has Bush been on vacation all this time? The republicans hate America and want everyone to pay more for gas at the pumps. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% ofAmericans want to drill !
http://home.att.net/~meditation/ANWR.html
The costly symbolism of ANWR The United States is in serious energy crisis today, in part because of the triumph of symbolism over substance in the United States Congress. Our political pundits have elevated the 19.6 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, better known as ANWR (see map), into a sacred mythical land that no man dare tread upon, least they spoil its great natural beauty forever (picture of drilling area). In reality, any future ANWR oil exploration would only take place in the desolate, treeless area designated as "10-02," which represents just 8% of ANWR's land area, and which encompasses the Coastal Plain north of the Sadlerochit Mountains. Of that 8% of ANWR land, federal law states that only 2,000 surface acres could ever be used for actual drilling purposes. This 10-02 area was set aside specifically for oil and gas exploration and is not legally defined as a "wilderness" or a "refuge." None of Alaska's ANWR region is legally defined as a "park." We allow roads, campgrounds, hundreds of toilets, hotels, and hoards of tourists to violate the sanctity of Yellowstone (2.2 million acres) and Yosemite (.76 million acres), which are both legally defined as "parks," but do allow much needed oil drilling on just 2,000 acres of ANWR, which has 3.7 times the land area of the State of Massachusetts (5.3 million acres). Does any member of the United States Congress really believe that drilling for oil on just 2,000 acres will destroy all wildlife and vegetation, leaving behind nothing but a smoldering toxic wasteland? Using directional drilling techniques, one single oil drilling station can snake underground pipes out to 8 miles in all directions, so the tiny footprint of oil recovery operations in ANWR would be inconsequential to the local ecology. When the oil is gone and the drilling equipment removed, any evidence that there was once oil exploration at ANWR would soon vanish. Drilling in ANWR would be like throwing a single peanut on the wall-to-wall carpet of a very large living room floor; hardly a cataclysmic event. Why are we paying Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia so much money for imported oil when we could be producing that oil ourselves and giving Americans high paying jobs in the process? Some of the same environmentalists who oppose ANWR drilling support wild solar power schemes that would cover 21.76 million acres (34,000 square miles) of our beautiful Southwestern desert with of solar panels. Solar panels on a roof are fine, but when you cover virgin land with them you create a DEAD ZONE that will remain dead until the panels are removed and the land has time to heal itself. Other environmentalists support the building of thousands of wind turbines, which in addition to being unsightly are very effective bird and bat killing devices that end the lives of many thousands of our flying friends every year. Why is damage done by solar and wind power schemes politically correct, but benignly extracting oil from Alaska politically taboo? The Congressional Research Service (see 76kb pdf) estimates that if oil recovery was allowed in the 10-02 area of ANWR, it would be worth at least $94.8 billion in federal income taxes and $42.8 billion in royalties, totaling $138 billion. This study uses the most conservative estimate of recoverable oil; 10.4 billion barrels. The actual oil treasure could climb to well over 20 billion barrels as new discoveries and improvements in oil drilling technology increase the size of extractable reserves. Oil drilling is supported by the Alaskan Native communities that live in ANWR, the State Government of Alaska, and over 75% of Alaskan residents. Declaring a huge area of land untouchable to oil recovery at a time of national energy crisis is irresponsible energy policy. As long as so many American political leaders place symbolism above substance, we will never solve our strategic national energy problems. ----------------------------------------------------------- SEE http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html - Why biofuels are a total global disaster, and how clean nuclear energy can provide 10,000 years of $2.00 per gallon synthetic gasoline. Christopher Calder |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% of Americans want to drill !
wrote in message http://home.att.net/~meditation/ANWR.html The costly symbolism of ANWR The United States is in serious energy crisis today, in part because of the triumph of symbolism over substance in the United States Congress. Our political pundits have elevated the 19.6 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, better known as ANWR (see map), into a sacred mythical land that no man dare tread upon, least they spoil its great natural beauty forever (picture of drilling area). In reality, any future ANWR oil exploration would only take place in the desolate, treeless area designated as "10-02," which represents just 8% of ANWR's land area, and which encompasses the Coastal Plain north of the Sadlerochit Mountains. Of that 8% of ANWR land, federal law states that only 2,000 surface acres could ever be used for actual drilling purposes. This 10-02 area was set aside specifically for oil and gas exploration and is not legally defined as a "wilderness" or a "refuge." None of Alaska's ANWR region is legally defined as a "park." We allow roads, campgrounds, hundreds of toilets, hotels, and hoards of tourists to violate the sanctity of Yellowstone (2.2 million acres) and Yosemite (.76 million acres), which are both legally defined as "parks," but do allow much needed oil drilling on just 2,000 acres of ANWR, which has 3.7 times the land area of the State of Massachusetts (5.3 million acres). Does any member of the United States Congress really believe that drilling for oil on just 2,000 acres will destroy all wildlife and vegetation, leaving behind nothing but a smoldering toxic wasteland? Using directional drilling techniques, one single oil drilling station can snake underground pipes out to 8 miles in all directions, so the tiny footprint of oil recovery operations in ANWR would be inconsequential to the local ecology. When the oil is gone and the drilling equipment removed, any evidence that there was once oil exploration at ANWR would soon vanish. Drilling in ANWR would be like throwing a single peanut on the wall-to-wall carpet of a very large living room floor; hardly a cataclysmic event. Why are we paying Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia so much money for imported oil when we could be producing that oil ourselves and giving Americans high paying jobs in the process? Some of the same environmentalists who oppose ANWR drilling support wild solar power schemes that would cover 21.76 million acres (34,000 square miles) of our beautiful Southwestern desert with of solar panels. Solar panels on a roof are fine, but when you cover virgin land with them you create a DEAD ZONE that will remain dead until the panels are removed and the land has time to heal itself. Other environmentalists support the building of thousands of wind turbines, which in addition to being unsightly are very effective bird and bat killing devices that end the lives of many thousands of our flying friends every year. Why is damage done by solar and wind power schemes politically correct, but benignly extracting oil from Alaska politically taboo? The Congressional Research Service (see 76kb pdf) estimates that if oil recovery was allowed in the 10-02 area of ANWR, it would be worth at least $94.8 billion in federal income taxes and $42.8 billion in royalties, totaling $138 billion. This study uses the most conservative estimate of recoverable oil; 10.4 billion barrels. The actual oil treasure could climb to well over 20 billion barrels as new discoveries and improvements in oil drilling technology increase the size of extractable reserves. Oil drilling is supported by the Alaskan Native communities that live in ANWR, the State Government of Alaska, and over 75% of Alaskan residents. Declaring a huge area of land untouchable to oil recovery at a time of national energy crisis is irresponsible energy policy. As long as so many American political leaders place symbolism above substance, we will never solve our strategic national energy problems. ----------------------------------------------------------- SEE http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html - Why biofuels are a total global disaster, and how clean nuclear energy can provide 10,000 years of $2.00 per gallon synthetic gasoline. Christopher Calder There isn't squat in ANWR that would do anything to lower the price of oil. Get over it. The high cost of oil has very little to do with supply and demand. Get over that too. You must be one of the most gullible fools ever to waste so much time on nothing but total BS. Get a life. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% of Americans want to drill !
"Republican Liar" wrote in
erio.net: wrote in message http://home.att.net/~meditation/ANWR.html The costly symbolism of ANWR The United States is in serious energy crisis today, in part because of the triumph of symbolism over substance in the United States Congress. Our political pundits have elevated the 19.6 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, better known as ANWR (see map), into a sacred mythical land that no man dare tread upon, least they spoil its great natural beauty forever (picture of drilling area). In reality, any future ANWR oil exploration would only take place in the desolate, treeless area designated as "10-02," which represents just 8% of ANWR's land area, and which encompasses the Coastal Plain north of the Sadlerochit Mountains. Of that 8% of ANWR land, federal law states that only 2,000 surface acres could ever be used for actual drilling purposes. This 10-02 area was set aside specifically for oil and gas exploration and is not legally defined as a "wilderness" or a "refuge." None of Alaska's ANWR region is legally defined as a "park." We allow roads, campgrounds, hundreds of toilets, hotels, and hoards of tourists to violate the sanctity of Yellowstone (2.2 million acres) and Yosemite (.76 million acres), which are both legally defined as "parks," but do allow much needed oil drilling on just 2,000 acres of ANWR, which has 3.7 times the land area of the State of Massachusetts (5.3 million acres). Does any member of the United States Congress really believe that drilling for oil on just 2,000 acres will destroy all wildlife and vegetation, leaving behind nothing but a smoldering toxic wasteland? Using directional drilling techniques, one single oil drilling station can snake underground pipes out to 8 miles in all directions, so the tiny footprint of oil recovery operations in ANWR would be inconsequential to the local ecology. When the oil is gone and the drilling equipment removed, any evidence that there was once oil exploration at ANWR would soon vanish. Drilling in ANWR would be like throwing a single peanut on the wall-to-wall carpet of a very large living room floor; hardly a cataclysmic event. Why are we paying Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia so much money for imported oil when we could be producing that oil ourselves and giving Americans high paying jobs in the process? Some of the same environmentalists who oppose ANWR drilling support wild solar power schemes that would cover 21.76 million acres (34,000 square miles) of our beautiful Southwestern desert with of solar panels. Solar panels on a roof are fine, but when you cover virgin land with them you create a DEAD ZONE that will remain dead until the panels are removed and the land has time to heal itself. Other environmentalists support the building of thousands of wind turbines, which in addition to being unsightly are very effective bird and bat killing devices that end the lives of many thousands of our flying friends every year. Why is damage done by solar and wind power schemes politically correct, but benignly extracting oil from Alaska politically taboo? The Congressional Research Service (see 76kb pdf) estimates that if oil recovery was allowed in the 10-02 area of ANWR, it would be worth at least $94.8 billion in federal income taxes and $42.8 billion in royalties, totaling $138 billion. This study uses the most conservative estimate of recoverable oil; 10.4 billion barrels. The actual oil treasure could climb to well over 20 billion barrels as new discoveries and improvements in oil drilling technology increase the size of extractable reserves. Oil drilling is supported by the Alaskan Native communities that live in ANWR, the State Government of Alaska, and over 75% of Alaskan residents. Declaring a huge area of land untouchable to oil recovery at a time of national energy crisis is irresponsible energy policy. As long as so many American political leaders place symbolism above substance, we will never solve our strategic national energy problems. ----------------------------------------------------------- SEE http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html - Why biofuels are a total global disaster, and how clean nuclear energy can provide 10,000 years of $2.00 per gallon synthetic gasoline. Christopher Calder There isn't squat in ANWR that would do anything to lower the price of oil. Get over it. The high cost of oil has very little to do with supply and demand. Get over that too. You must be one of the most gullible fools ever to waste so much time on nothing but total BS. Get a life. These are the same guys who poo-pooed Carter's conservation measures in the seventies. If we had done half the stuff Carter recommended, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% ofAmericans want to drill !
I wish you would do some research before posting. Only takes a second
with the internet. The United States has in oil reserves at current consumption rates a little more than three years of oil, if you were to exclude oil from other countries. Remember when the genius Ronald Reagan ripped the solar panels off of the White House. Remember all of the Republicans and some Democrats who voted to keep subsidizing oil companies with tax breaks and who voted against funding the research and development of alternative energy sources? And all of you yahoos who can't do math or do a little research before barfing up your drill-more nonsense posts, you're partly to blame, too. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% ofAmericans want to drill !
On Jun 28, 12:53*pm, "Republican Liar" wrote:
"trippin-2-8-track" wrote in http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...l_lower_prices the public's opinion has changed as well- how can Democrats keep blocking our desire to tap oil resources, when 67% of us want to drill ? you can't blame the Republicans for this, and you can't blame Bush for this- it's a Democrat controlled Congress, since 2006 *Why has the right been blocking oil for so long? . We haven't. . Why didn't they open ANWR when they had control of both branches of government? . Because we didn't have a filibuster-proof majority. . Why has the right failed for so long to get anything done? . Because the Democrats have been obstructionists. . |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% ofAmericans want to drill !
There isn't squat in ANWR that would do anything to lower the price of oil. .. So, in your world view, increasing production DOESN'T lower the price of a product? .. Get over it. The high cost of oil has very little to do with supply and demand. Get over that too. You must be one of the most gullible fools ever to waste so much time on nothing but total BS. .. So, the basics of economics doesn't apply, because someone who calls himself "Republican liar" says so. .. Fortunately, the American people know better. Last I saw, the percentage of Americans who want to expand drilling is up to 74%. And the Democrats have chosen to tell 74% of the American people to **** off, we're going to have sky high oil prices because the Democrats want to make America a third-world country with very rich liberals on private jets and serfs waiting in the rain for an unreliable bus. Yeah, that's a winning strategy. Remember that in 06 the Democrats won both houses with about 85,000 votes out of 85,000,0000 voters. Is this really the time to **** off 74% of the population? |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% of Americans want to drill !
"Eat the rich" wrote in message ... I wish you would do some research before posting. Only takes a second with the internet. The United States has in oil reserves at current consumption rates a little more than three years of oil, if you were to exclude oil from other countries. Remember when the genius Ronald Reagan ripped the solar panels off of the White House. Remember all of the Republicans and some Democrats who voted to keep subsidizing oil companies with tax breaks and who voted against funding the research and development of alternative energy sources? And all of you yahoos who can't do math or do a little research before barfing up your drill-more nonsense posts, you're partly to blame, too. Try including oil shale, nuclear and coal technology into the equation. New technology sounds fine but first something has to be developed, tested, improved upon and proven to be of a practical nature. Then the next huge step is a distribution, supply and maintenance system to support it. Hydrogen cars would be great except there are almost no places to refuel such cars. Of course, we could encourage thousands of refill stations be established but, hey, that would mean a few entrepreneurs would become quite wealthy and, well, we can't have some ******* actually make a lot of money. But then again, we could tax the hell out of him and his companies. Many new products are found to have unwanted consequences so we have to be careful. The creation of asbestos was great until we found out about health hazards of exposure. And the unexpected realization that discontinued use of the standard light bulb in favor of the new ugly bulb involves a hazardous waste problem. No more throwing your expired bulb in the trash can. Yes, by all means look to new technology to reduce consumption of oil but right now we use oil. We can't run our cars today on the promise of maybe something better ten years from now. |
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Democrats in Congress choking off USA oil supply-when 67% of Americans want to drill !
wrote in message There isn't squat in ANWR that would do anything to lower the price of oil. . So, in your world view, increasing production DOESN'T lower the price of a product? Not if there is no competition fool. . Get over it. The high cost of oil has very little to do with supply and demand. Get over that too. You must be one of the most gullible fools ever to waste so much time on nothing but total BS. . So, the basics of economics doesn't apply, because someone who calls himself "Republican liar" says so. This is not about standard economics. You aren't shopping at Walmart fool. . Fortunately, the American people know better. Last I saw, the percentage of Americans who want to expand drilling is up to 74%. Not to long ago most Americans thought Iraq had something to do with 911 and the place was over flowing with WMD. I bet you are one of those loons that is still looking. And the Democrats have chosen to tell 74% of the American people to **** off, The lies come from the right moron. You are just one of the ignorant fools that swallow the latest line of BS. we're going to have sky high oil prices because the Democrats want to make America a third-world country with very rich liberals on private jets and serfs waiting in the rain for an unreliable bus. Tell me this fool. Why has the right voted to block drilling for so long? Yeah, that's a winning strategy. Remember that in 06 the Democrats won both houses with about 85,000 votes out of 85,000,0000 voters. Is this really the time to **** off 74% of the population? For some reason you seem to think that the right is just loved by America and Bush is some kind of hero. Man are you a stupid one. Here's one more chance. Tell me why the right has voted to block oil. Why haven't you morons opened ANWR while you had control of both houses and the WhiteHouse? Crickets..................................... Man you RightTards are a stupid bunch. |
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