McCain Asks To Lift Offshore Drilling Bans
(CBS)
From CBS News’ John Bentley:
ARLINGTON, VA. – As John McCain rolls out his energy policy this week, he called for a lifting of the federal moratorium preventing states from exploring for oil off of their coasts. “They have to be lifted so that states can make those decisions,” McCain said. “I’m not dictating to the states that they drill or they engage in oil exploration, I am saying that the moratoria should be lifted so that they have the opportunity to do so. By the way, I would also like to see perhaps additional incentives…in the form of tangible financial rewards if the states decide to lift those moratoria.”
Searching for offshore oil and gas deposits was banned in 1981 by the Outer Continental Shelf moratorium, which prevents the leasing of coastal waters for fossil fuel development. Roughly 85 percent of U.S. coastal areas are currently protected by the moratorium. McCain’s Democratic rival, Barack Obama, voted against a Senate measure last March that would have lifted the ban, and has spoken out against offshore drilling, calling it a “short-term solution.”
McCain admitted offshore drilling would only be helpful in the short term, but would provide a good start in helping the U.S. develop other sources of energy. “We must embark on a national mission to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gases through the development of alternate energy sources,” McCain said. “Exploration is a step toward the longer term goal.”
A vote for a Republican is a vote for higher gasoline prices.
A vote for McCain is a vote for OIL.
It is outrageous and deceptive for the Democrats to whine about the high cost of oil and energy when it is they who have caused this entirely avoidable crisis.
The ultimate goal of the radical environmentalists is to have us all back living in caves and painting the walls. Saying domestic drilling is a %u201Cshort term fix%u201D is disinformation, that %u201Cshort term%u201D would give us 30-50 years of cheap oil minimum, and greatly expand and improve the economy.
By the way, here is my idea for dropping the price of oil to $20/barrel and keeping it there...
http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-plan-to-bring-oil-to-20barrel-and.html
Worried about your beach? Establish it as your rightful property then go about the business of prosecuting those that spoil it. Worried about the caribu? Establish that land as yours and go about the business of prosecuting those who spoil your property which in turn may hurt the caribu roaming on it.
In terms of individual rights and the corallary of property rights, all parties can be satisfied.
Remember the plan, "Get the Gov''t Out of the Way!"
It''s basic market driven economics.
Announce that you are drilling ANWAR, and just watch those oil prices go down.
Liberals don''t understand economics. It''s all pie in the sky to them.
Another misleading promotion (like so many others) by the Right Wing using their occupation of Iraq, and drumming of further war against Iran that has built the false Oil Future Crises, to ensure profits for private oil companies.
Great, more of the same%u2026.
OK - when the Dems took control of congress in 2006 the price of a gallon of gas was around $2.00, now less then 2 years later it has more than doubled. Now, tell me again - who gives us higher gas prices????
The answer is economics 101, when there is high demand, increase supply and prices will come down. Why is it that the Dems don''t seem to get this basic economic FACT? Did they miss school that day?
Republicans are Corruption, War, and Pollution.
Oil was below $50.00 per barrel before Bush''s invasion of Iraq.
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Posted by jscottsch at 04:24 PM : Jun 16, 2008
AMEN! Uncap and drill and let''s get this puppy on the road!
It''s going to take WHAT? 10 years to get rid of all these damned SUV''s and gas hogs, before these twits can get out affordable alternative fueled vehicles!
Let''s get our own oil pumping and get the supply back up!
What kind of whack jobs do we have up there?
More of the same is a first step toward a new goal?
Only McSame would say that!
So we trash our shores for a very short term goal, and that''s part of a long term goal?
Typical Repug Bushit!
And what states does McSame think would allow it?
Nothing on the Pacific coast, I assure you!
So here''s an idea--let Louisiana take some revenues from the offshore lands. they could rebuild their levees.
Republicans don%u2019t care about Americans or our environment. The only thing they care about and the root principle of Conservative Value is %u201Cmake a buck off the other guys bad LUCK!%u201D
And, that other guy my friends are you and I.
The Republican Party is an OIL COMPANY!
The McCain, Bush, Cheney and GOP Energy Policy failure has now come home to roost and now the GOP pretends that they had nothing to do with it! McCain says %u201COH go drill more oil for Big Oil and everything will be OK again!%u201D The total abject failure of the McCain GOP Energy policy must be squarely tied around McCain%u2019s and GOP necks! It is completely OUTRAGEOUS for McCain now to ignore the blatant failed Energy Policy they insisted on and now claim in their BIZARE IMAGINATION that it must be the Democrats fault! NOT THIS TIME! McCain and the GOP ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ENERGY FAILURE AND MANY OTHERS AND MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE MEDIA!
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by fmoolten-2009
June 18, 2008 11:28 AM PDT
- Maintaining the a ban on drilling will be a test of political courage because it pits the long term good against short term political popularity. Inevitably, we will be unable to avoid replacing fossil fuels with alternative energy sources, but our pace in doing this, and protecting our climate in the bargain, will be impeded if we try to bring down the price of oil to satisfy short term demand. The far better alternative is for oil and gasoline to remain expensive, and for middle and lower income families to be compensated with tax credits as well as subsidies for energy conservation, including fuel efficient vehicles.
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