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I saw drill it, if any greenpeace monkeys come bye. Just shoot and sink their boats.

If these so called greenpeace people dont want you to use oil and fuel like that, then what are those pesty idiots running those anoying boats with?

Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio said in an interview with the Herald that he supports oil drilling off Florida's coast "if it can be done in a manner that's safe for our environment.'' But he challenged Gov. Charlie Crist and John McCain's implication that drilling could lower gas prices anytime soon.

"For anyone to represent that someone drilling off the coast in Florida is going to lower gas prices here or anywhere in this country is disingenuous and a flawed argument,'' he said. "Oil drilling could take 10 years before any oil is pulled out of the ground, and there are a large number of leases held by oil companies that are not being exploited now. We can't say we need more until we've exploited those.''

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Better yet, this would put a small but important dent in the dependency of far east oil. Every journey begins with the first step. If we wait twenty years before we begin to drill, we will be twenty more years behind the times and debtedness to the far east.

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From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/20025
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Federal officials on Tuesday released reports of at least 64 spills associated with Gulf platforms after Katrina.
In the days after Hurricane Katrina, as hundreds of oil-producing platforms remained offline — and some continued to leave a conspicuous trail of petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico — federal officials insisted to Congress that they were doing everything possible to make this critical infrastructure stable during hurricanes, designing platforms to withstand Category 5 storms.
But federal and industry documents obtained by the Mobile Register show that the most-recent design criteria for offshore oil and natural-gas platforms require only that these structures withstand winds and seas typical of a borderline Category 2/Category 3 storm, well below the Category 4 and 5 winds that affected Gulf oil fields at least four times in the past five years.



From: http://www.shellnews.net/2004%20Documents/newyorktimes/
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ivan Causes Oil Pipeline Leaks in Gulf: “In one spill at a Shell Oil Co. pipeline about 30 miles east of Venice, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, crews had gathered about 101,000 gallons of water polluted with oil.” (ShellNews.net)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 7, 2004
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hurricane Ivan punched holes in the network of oil and natural gas pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, causing oil and gas to leak out at numerous points along the thousands of miles

The common argument that the oil companies are NOT utilizing existing sites is misleading..In SOME places they ARE,, in other’s it has been determined that the available oil to be produced is either NON-EXISTANT or too little to justify the expense..MANY of those leases have been offered BACK to the Government for exchanges for more promising sites..

Also,, the claim of 10 years is likewise misleading..It takes an average of ten years to get from the point of submitting the application for the lease to the point where production begins..SAME thing for Refineries and Nuclear Power Plants and for the SAME reasons..

The VAST majority of this time is spent jumping through Government Hoops,,Going to court fighting Frivolous Environmental Lawsuits and wading through an endless string of Environmental Impact studies..
At ANY point a SINGLE judge can put a STOP to the WHOLE process..

ONCE the hurtles have been overcome and approval gets to the point where it can NO longer be denied and/or delayed,, Production can be accomplished within two years of finding an Oil Jackpot…

Both the Production of Oil and recovery efforts due to spills have come a LONG way since the Exxon Valdez incident..That’s one of the reasons one doesn’t HEAR of such stories these days..The IMPACTS have been minimized..
It should ALSO be noted that in ANY area where such reserves are found there are ALWAYS “Natural” leaks occurring all the time..Oil Seeps and sometimes FLOWS from these deposits through naturally occuring fissures in the seabed..

With all of the arguments about the oil companies not drilling on land and offshore sites (reportedly more than 66 million acres) that have already been made available to them, why not place some new language in the new leases/contracts.

That language could include a maximum amount of time for drilling to begin and continue. Since the reasons often given for more drilling is to make the U.S. more energy independent, the leases should also include a mandate that all oil taken from these sites remain in the U.S. in the forms of gasoline and fuel oils. Otherwise the U.S. the oil companies could sell the oil/gasoline to foreign countries which would benefit the oil companies, but not the American consumer/taxpayer.

Americans already see enough of their tax money go to benefit other countries. Isn't it time to start protecting our own assets a bit more and stop giving our country away?

shadows,,YOU'RE not too far from those who are calling for Nationalizing the Oil Companies..
ala Hugo Chavez...

Though Short sighted and CONTRARY to the stated premise of MOST Democrats,, SHOULD that ever come to pass it would ONLY effect American based Oil Companies..( One simply CANNOT nationalize a FOREIGN based Oil Company )

THIS would leave MOST of our Gas and oil Suppliers such as BP and Shell,, for instance,, out in the cold so to speak..

The result would be the SAME as in ALL other countries where this Industry has been nationalized..

The United States Oil Company would secure NO better prices from overseas sources then Current Oil Companies do.SO,,

It would FORCE the opening up of ALL ASSETS and reserves here in the U.S. in order for the United States Oil Company to meet the demands ONCE satisfied by Private Industry..

Steve why do you say that “many Floridians oppose off shore drilling” ? The facts are not in your favor ALL polls indicate that more than ¾ of Floridians are for off shore drilling ....just because we have few “hard core” democrats who have all day to yell and shout about how it won't help does not make that vocal minority any larger !
To the point even IF drilling will not bring the price of oil down (and IT always does as a matter of historical FACT) ...I am still for drilling because any oil produced here is oil produced HERE ! Evey penny of the money will go into our economy!

Either do it, or pay the greasy, Sandscorpion, Al-Qaeda, Terrorists, who are holding the American people upside down, sideways, and by the throat. (not to mention other places) Greenpeace can take a hike, and go play hopscotch with the Polar Bears, (and see who wins) we can't pansy-pants around because they are making a fuss! We're going down the tubes, and trickling fast, something needs to be done like, yesterday!

I have a great idea! All the people who are opposed to the US drilling domestically can't use products that have to use fuel to power it. Example, they won't be able to drive (that right there would help with gas prices), no more food delivered to grocery stores, etc, etc.

I thought I was going to crack up watching Obama tell us all to “cut back” on our oil use FROM A PRIVET JET ! He has no concern about how much gas costs or who we get it from because he can afford to pay whatever it is...it is only the “little people” who will suffer....

IF WE WOULD JUST USE OUR RESERVE OIL IN ALASKA WHICH HAS OVER 30 YEARS WORTH OF OIL WE WOULD NOT BE PAYING $4.00 DOLLARS A GALLON IT WOULD STILL BE TN THE $2.50 RANGE BUT THE OIL TYCONES WOULD NOT MAKE THERE BILLIONS PER MONTH

Nuclear is needed, but people don't like spent fuel stored in their state. They'd probably like cheaper gas if they drilled off of Florida. Energy independence will require a " two-way " street and the participation of every state that has resources to contribute. Is it worth it ? I can't answer for you, but in my case a resounding YES !!!

I bet it will lower the cost of oil because it will give compitation to the Saudies.

Not bad Steve you got the #1 Saudi Arabia , and saying Mexico and Canada is understandable with all the expansion they have made but they are both still behind Venezuela and Turkey* at this moment in production ...Turkey has no oil to speak of and will/should be removed from the “Top 10 oil producers” as soon as Iraq is strong enough to start pumping its own oil again (and if we stop supporting the turkey army in North Iraq in its oil efforts) ..it was a bit of a trick question because Iraq has been hindered for a long time now (more than 10 years!) but the “top three Oil producing nations” (ad the three with the largest known reserves of oil) are 1 Saudi Arabia 2 Iraq 3 United States of America ....LOL