One must wonder why Pelosi, Reid, and other Democrats are against domestic drilling.
Possible answers.
1. They truly want to save the planet.
Pelosi pompously states"I am trying to save the planet."
Ok. That is a fair position to take, but why then does she and other Democrats encourage other nations to increase their output? Does she not know that OPEC nations are destroying beautiful deserts, pristine forests, and clean ocean water? Why then encourage other nations to drill and destroy the planet? Answer: "I am trying to save the planet" must be a pretense for some other goal.
2. They want the world to shift to non-fossil fuels.
This is related to point #1. It is also a fair position to desire a world free of the need for fossil fuels, however, there are always trade-offs. Biofuels are cleaner, but end up causing higher food prices (higher demand, lower supply = higher prices). Wind power is unreliable, the wind turbines are ugly, and we can't put sails or propellers on our cars. Solar power is clean, but very expensive to implement, and we can't run our cars on solar power and industry certainly can't.
In short, we do not yet have a technology that can replace fossil fuels, so it is fool-hardy to block the production of fossil fuels when we don't have a replacement, yet.
3. They want to prevent global warming.
This is also related to #1 and #2. I accept this as a fair position for anyone to take, provided that global warming is indeed a problem. It is becoming abundantly clear that anthropogenic global warming is not occurring. The earth may be warming here and there, but the earth's temperature is closely related to the sunspot cycle. Man is too puny and insignificant in his present state to affect the temperature of the earth. In fact, there is data suggesting that the earth is actually cooling. Arctic ice has indeed melted, but Antarctic ice has increased dramatically. My opinion: Global warming may or may not be occurring, but anthropogenic global warming is most certainly a hoax.
I'm am going to jump to the conclusion (literally, not figuratively).
I don't believe that any of the above are the real reasons that domestic drilling is being blocked (foreign drilling being very welcome!). The real reason is also the reason why the global warming hoax is being pushed so hard. The real goal is to destroy capitalism. The engine of capitalism has been and will, for the foreseeable future, be oil. Oil is part of almost everything we use, from consumer goods to energy. Anti-drilling and the global warming hoax are a way to eliminate capitalism (which empowers many) and revert to socialism (which empowers a few).
Yes. It is my opinion that Nancy Pelosi and other far left liberals are trying to achieve a socialist state here in the USA.
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Guess who said the following...
“With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.
“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
That's right, on April 24, 2006, 2 1/2 years ago, then Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and current Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
By the way, on April 24, 2006 the "record" price of gas she was addressing was $2.91/gal.
Alan, I continue to be amazed at your mastery of both understanding the issues and putting them in writing. I applaud you.
Brian, you too!
I copied these blogs and printed them for some people to read.
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