Obama unveils offshore drilling plans

[mainejeff]

It's freakin HILARIOUS to see CONKS backtracking over this and fumbling all over themselves!

DRILL BABY, DRILL! (preferably off the Delaware coastline!)

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Its always a good idea to drill for oil, anytime anywhere.

The goodness of the idea goes up exponentially when its in North America. Puts Americans to work, brings new money INTO our country instead of it going OUT to middle eastern fronts for terrorism. (OPEC)

If it does a little damage its a small price to pay for our way of life and we can fix it later. We have enough oil underneath North America we may as well use it since we have more than anywhere else.

You guys go on believing the we are running out BS but please dont induce anymore idiocy into this thread Hussein Obama has already done enough of that.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

It's freakin HILARIOUS to see CONKS backtracking over this and fumbling all over themselves!

DRILL BABY, DRILL! (preferably off the Delaware coastline!)

Really?

I want to drill anywhere anytime anyplace.

It seems to me that Hussein Obama is the one that is backtracking on what he promised during the campaign so you fu*king morons would vote for the guy.

Lets see:

Hasnt and wont close Gitmo
Escalating the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Drilling for oil and backing off his alternative energy BS
Fu*k I dont have time to list all the things hes stuffing in the lefts ass.

[mainejeff]

The goodness of the idea goes up exponentially when its in North America. Puts Americans to work, brings new money INTO our country instead of it going OUT to middle eastern fronts for terrorism. (OPEC)

Couldn't agree with you more on that point.

[mainejeff]

Really?

I want to drill anywhere anytime anyplace.

It seems to me that Hussein Obama is the one that is backtracking on what he promised during the campaign so you fu*king morons would vote for the guy.

Lets see:

Hasnt and wont close Gitmo
Escalating the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Drilling for oil and backing off his alternative energy BS
Fu*k I dont have time to list all the things hes stuffing in the lefts ass.

You angry CONK act is boring and old.

[93henfan]

DRILL BABY, DRILL! (preferably off the Delaware coastline!)

Good God are you ever a douchebag supreme.

[houndawg]

Its always a good idea to drill for oil, anytime anywhere.

The goodness of the idea goes up exponentially when its in North America. Puts Americans to work, brings new money INTO our country instead of it going OUT to middle eastern fronts for terrorism. (OPEC)

If it does a little damage its a small price to pay for our way of life and we can fix it later. We have enough oil underneath North America we may as well use it since we have more than anywhere else.

You guys go on believing the we are running out BS but please dont induce anymore idiocy into this thread Hussein Obama has already done enough of that.

One thing it won't do is lower the price of gas at the pump. The bottleneck is the refinery, not the supply of crude.

[Appaholic]

Its always a good idea to drill for oil, anytime anywhere.

The goodness of the idea goes up exponentially when its in North America. Puts Americans to work, brings new money INTO our country instead of it going OUT to middle eastern fronts for terrorism. (OPEC)

If it does a little damage its a small price to pay for our way of life and we can fix it later. We have enough oil underneath North America we may as well use it since we have more than anywhere else.

You guys go on believing the we are running out BS but please dont induce anymore idiocy into this thread Hussein Obama has already done enough of that.

One thing it won't do is lower the price of gas at the pump. The bottleneck is the refinery, not the supply of crude.

Yep.

And I'm going out on a limb....careful, this runs counter to all of my Liberterian leanings....our government should take some decommisioned military bases & use the land to construct & run a refinery or two... ...yes, I said it....

As Houndawg stated, the bottleneck in our oil supply is refining capability. And oil (& it's availability), being as vital as it is to our economy & national interests, should be nationalized like our military....

fire away....

[mainejeff]

DRILL BABY, DRILL! (preferably off the Delaware coastline!)

Good God are you ever a douchebag supreme.

Why? Delaware is only a state of mind.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Is Delawhere? even a real state?

I am pretty sure its part of Canada or Iceland.

[93henfan]

Is Delawhere? even a real state?

Is that? even a real sentence?

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Its always a good idea to drill for oil, anytime anywhere.

The goodness of the idea goes up exponentially when its in North America. Puts Americans to work, brings new money INTO our country instead of it going OUT to middle eastern fronts for terrorism. (OPEC)

If it does a little damage its a small price to pay for our way of life and we can fix it later. We have enough oil underneath North America we may as well use it since we have more than anywhere else.

You guys go on believing the we are running out BS but please dont induce anymore idiocy into this thread Hussein Obama has already done enough of that.

One thing it won't do is lower the price of gas at the pump. The bottleneck is the refinery, not the supply of crude.

Fu*k we agree on something. I was hoping someday you would elevate your game.

Totally agree and its an even better scenario.

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

[93henfan]

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

Let's build them where nobody lives, like Montana. That way only a few people would be inconvenienced by the pollution, odor, and any potential accidents.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

Let's build them where nobody lives, like Montana. That way only a few people would be inconvenienced by the pollution, odor, and any potential accidents.

Cool by me, but then people like you would bitch about having to drive 27 hours to work each way.

Why not Why?oming? Its closer to Texas and California or something.

[houndawg]

Is Delawhere? even a real state?

I am pretty sure its part of Canada or Iceland.

It's a parking lot next to Philadelphia, I think.

[houndawg]

One thing it won't do is lower the price of gas at the pump. The bottleneck is the refinery, not the supply of crude.

Fu*k we agree on something. I was hoping someday you would elevate your game.

Totally agree and its an even better scenario.

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

There won't be any refineries built. If you're the oil industry why would you want to increase supply and reduce demand (and pump price) when you're making record profits with the status quo?

[houndawg]

Fu*k we agree on something. I was hoping someday you would elevate your game.

Totally agree and its an even better scenario.

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

There won't be any refineries built. If you're the oil industry why would you want to increase supply and reduce demand (and pump price) when you're making record profits with the status quo?

You need to start thinking forward, past oil.

[Baldy]

It's freakin HILARIOUS to see CONKS backtracking over this and fumbling all over themselves!

at jeff totally pissin all over himself after another broken Obama campaign promise, and furthering the policies of Bush, Cheney, and McCain.

Way to go jiffy

[Gil Dobie]

Wonder who's company will win the bidding for the drilling contracts?
Same sh it different Prez, different oil company.

[Pwns]

Opening up land leases off the coast of VA, while keeping AK, CA and the Gulf under restriction...

...and putting the timeline as 2012?

This was nothing more than a political move to shore up voter support for the 2010 midterms.

More Dem lies and obstruction.

Agreed. Gas prices are going to go up a good bit this summer and Obama wants to minimize the damage that will do to the donks in November. I want to drill, but there are better places.

[BDKJMU]

Fu*k we agree on something. I was hoping someday you would elevate your game.

Totally agree and its an even better scenario.

If we build some more refineries more people are working to build and operate them and once agin it KEEPS MONEY here in the US. I may even be swayed into Appas idea of using decomissioned military bases/land to house refineries.

There won't be any refineries built. If you're the oil industry why would you want to increase supply and reduce demand (and pump price) when you're making record profits with the status quo?

Its the enviros and donks who've in the past blocked oil refinery expansion:

From 2005:
(House):
Refinery Bill Passes Amid Partisan Split
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171593,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
but alas:
Senate Committee Rejects Republican Refinery Bill
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2005 ... -26-10.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From 2008:
Environmental Group Sues to Block Oil Refinery Expansion
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/a ... rcID=32183" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Then you have the ridiculous amount of boutique fuels that slows down the refining process and drives up price. This is from an 06' EPA report on boutique fuels:

[mainejeff]

It's freakin HILARIOUS to see CONKS backtracking over this and fumbling all over themselves!

at jeff totally pissin all over himself after another broken Obama campaign promise, and furthering the policies of Bush, Cheney, and McCain.

Way to go jiffy

So this must make you happy, no?..........Or are you really just like the rest of us and like to wallow in your enemy's downfall?

[TheDancinMonarch]

If one drop of oil or 1 cubic foot of natural gas comes from this decision then I say kudos to Obama but I doubt if we will see either.

[mainejeff]

If one drop of oil or 1 cubic foot of natural gas comes from this decision then I say kudos to Obama but I doubt if we will see either.

Most likely thanks to the Republicans.

You would think that they would want to see this passed.........after all, they were certainly gung ho when Bush proposed it.

[BDKJMU]

...A National Petroleum Council study released last week reports that 40 billion barrels of America's "recoverable oil reserves are off limits or are subject to significant lease restrictions"...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnist ... =110010391" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The US, the 3rd largest oil producing country in the world behind Russia and Saudi, consumes about 19.5 billion barrels a day as of 08'. Import about 57% percent of that, 11.1 million barrells a day (also export about 1.8 million barrels of that heavy crude- we need the light sweet sh*t).
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplaine ... _home#tab2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But only import about 18% of that (about 2 million barrels a day) from the Persian Gulf nations.
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplaine ... il_imports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just think, if we opened up access to that est 40 billion barrels that are off limits, that would be 50 years worth of what the US currently imports from the Mid East....