Coastal Drilling - For or Against?

[Bob]

riding a motorcycle or scooter is very dangerous, and people who do so should be really well prepared or educated in doing so. ride a bike. don't ride a scooter or motorcycle unless its something you are very, very well prepared to do. pleeeseeeeeeeeese.

riding a bike on 30A bike path is a load of funn, good for you, and saves gas. but, riding a scooter on 30A is truly a danger to yourself and others, unless it is something you have truly learned to do in the most safe manner. we do not need a bunch of a-holes riding on 30A on their scooters, whether they are local aholes or visiting aholes. the end.

and that's all I am going to say on that matter!

here's an ahole named Scooter

 

[Kayak Fish]

I love how the whole country is now being brainwashed into consenting to the drilling of the Cali and Florida coasts. Oil companies really have this country by the balls. If we want to reduce our dependency on foreign oil
we probably ought to reduce our dependancy on all oil, period. There are smart people who will figure it out and they won't come from the halls of BP, Exxon, etc, despite what those companies sickening ad campaigns say.

 

[jensieblue]

Exxon Valdez damages

What do locales think about the drilling issue vis a vis the reduction in damages to the property owners whose land and livelihoods were devestated when the tanker captain drove the Exxon Valdeze ashore while intoxicated? Would panhandle property owners accept reduced or limited damages if a similiar incident trashed the beaches, fishing, et al in your area?I guess the only area along the coast that would be vulnerable would be hitting a bridge along the intercoastal or running aground along a rock jetty somewhere. Or an oilspill secondary to weather, the drilling platform goes down and the oil spills.

 

[30ashopper]

What do locales think about the drilling issue vis a vis the reduction in damages to the property owners whose land and livelihoods were devestated when the tanker captain drove the Exxon Valdeze ashore while intoxicated? Would panhandle property owners accept reduced or limited damages if a similiar incident trashed the beaches, fishing, et al in your area?I guess the only area along the coast that would be vulnerable would be hitting a bridge along the intercoastal or running aground along a rock jetty somewhere. Or an oilspill secondary to weather, the drilling platform goes down and the oil spills.

We'd never see oil tankers here, the oil is pumped directly to the coast via pipeline. As far as storms go, Katrina, Ivan, et all resulted in zero spillage. Newer platforms are designed to shut off the the wells down at the base before the platforms are evacuated.

 

[30ashopper]

Actually I stand corrected, there were minor spills because oil companies aren't required to purge lines. Definitely a restriction to consider if government pushes this through over here.

http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/581/44814183_MMS_Katrina_Rita_PL_Final%20Report%20Rev1.pdf

edit - link - lots of info in there, definitely a good read!

 

[Andy A]

Couldn't you have bolded everything, you know, for emphasis?

Some of us are not computer literate enough to know how to "bold" and other SoWal posting "niceities" others know how to do.

 

[LuciferSam]

Some of us are not computer literate enough to know how to "bold" and other SoWal posting "niceities" others know how to do.

Sorry, another need for sarcasm alert. He rudely wrote in all caps and shouted a bunch of garbage. So I basically said "hey could you just be a bit ruder?"

 

[Mango]

I am totally against off shore drilling and all for R&D into alternative fuels and harnessing nuclear energy. For those of you that have fears of it, I encourage you to do some research about nuclear technology and nuclear cell usage. It's not as Chernobyl as you think. Countries in Europe, particularly France, have been using it for quite some time. Our Navy has been using it without incident.

For those of you concerned with storage of nuclear waste, there is R&D being done on how to even harness and recycle it. We need to encourage companies, students, and others to educate our populace in promoting excitement about this technology. We need to raise our education standards and offer our students the benefit of the best educations possible. Our country is one of the most uranium rich in the world.

We expose ourselves to harmful toxins every time we pump. Sitting in congestion is akin to smoking cigarettes. Some people probably don't even realize that a flight to NY from CA exposes you to more radiation than an X-ray.
Texas alone, where oil is drilled has high rates of cancer.

I'm not very science minded to negate what I have read thus far, but something in my gut, based on all the reading I have done about nuclear energy tells me that nuclear is going to be our best solution. Not corn or sugar. I want to use it as food, not decide if I should eat it or fill my vehicle if there is a drought one year.

 

[scooterbug44]

We expose ourselves to harmful toxins every time we pump. Sitting in congestion is akin to smoking cigarettes. Some people probably don't even realize that a flight to NY from CA exposes you to more radiation than an X-ray.
Texas alone, where oil is drilled has high rates of cancer.

Elaborate please!

I definitely don't think corn ethanol is the way to go. Sugarcane ethanol is 4x as efficient and doesn't use our food supplies.

 

[Mango]

Elaborate please!

I definitely don't think corn ethanol is the way to go. Sugarcane ethanol is 4x as efficient and doesn't use our food supplies.

That's what the X-ray techs told me in the hospital when I biotched about yet another X-ray. I wish I could have gotten a free flight to CA from it.