Thanks, Mary. Everyone connected to the Obama campaign should read the linked Amy Silverman article. ("opportunistic SOB" link)
If not for being connected, McCain could have done jail time for Lincoln Savings and Loan, and Cindy for drug crimes.
The Rose Mofford CAP incident in Washington DC was a real eye opener to McCains phony desire to reach across the aisle.
We who live in Az(since 82) know how pathetic he is. This information needs to be shared nationwide.
Posted by TIKI AL at August 17, 2008 06:56 PMANWR is the easiest and most environmentally friendly. The pipeline for Alaska already exists and is only at 50% capacity. ANWR could connect to that, and it'd be done. Probably about 3 years to oil from ANWR. Not much infrastructure to create in ANWR, so the impact to the environment would be minimal.
In Santa Barbara currently, oil naturally seeps from the bottom of the ocean and makes it's way onshore. If we drilled there, it'd take pressure off that leak and reduce the amount of oil in the water.
The Gulf is also promising.
And if you want to get a jump start on T Boone Pickens idea of Natural Gas for your cars, Honda Civic GX is the one. It uses natural gas. Long waiting list for it right now. Only available in certain area... NY, CA and UT. Not sure where else.
Posted by Muck at August 17, 2008 08:10 PMIf the pipeline was run at full capacity it would probably blow apart at the seams, thanks to all the great maintenance they've done there.
Not much infrastructure is a absurd lie. Drill rigs, housing, food, water, transportation, oil lines, heavy equipment, yeah, not much infrastructure. And as has been discussed ad nauseum, 6 months worth of oil, and guess what??
It'll be at the same price as everybody elses oil, ANWR doesn't have enough oil to affect the worlds oil supply in any noticable way, so all it would do is wreck another working ecosystem to line BP's or Exxon's or Chevron's pockets, and do squat for the price of oil.
Yeah, T Boone, he's got the solution, rip up the rest of the country for natural gas, pipelines, all that new infrastructure, and still pump out the greenhouse gasses, yeppers, there's some mighty fine solutions.
Posted by Duckman GR at August 17, 2008 08:48 PMDuck, you've fallen for the propaganda and fiction.
The infrastructure is right next door to ANWR.
A million barrels a day will last a long time.
We currently produce 8 million barrels a day. Another million is a big percentage increase.
Posted by Muck at August 17, 2008 10:17 PMBy the way, Duck. You're probably not up to date regarding natural gas for fuel. Easily understandable, as I find most Democrats easily fooled by propaganda, fiction, and misinformation.
The natural gas infrastructure IS in place.
As the Honda site notes, you can refuel your car right at home. When you're away from home, you can fuel at many stations in CA.
What you probably also don't know, is that 75% of the world's oil is pumped by nation states, not Exxon/Mobil or any other company. Exxon/Mobil or any of the others you mention are very small players in the world's global oil picture.
Posted by Muck at August 17, 2008 10:31 PMThose 3 digit precise numbers for each region? All WAGs. At least in the Eastern Gulf, there's a need for some serious surveying, but no hurry on leasing - there are no rigs available for the next 5 years.
The main reason Southern California was put off limits was that it has a history of nasty leaks. Which do tend to happen with underwater drilling in an earthquake zone.
Anyhow, US oil production is 5.1 mbpd, not 8. NGLs and other stuff might bring us up to 8mbd in total liquids. And the EIA thinks it would be a minimum of 10 years before a drop can come out of ANWR -
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/anwr/results.html
Posted by Downpuppy at August 18, 2008 06:40 AM