Then I propose making Florida the official gulf coast drilling site. Abandon the off shore rigs, and land base them in Florida. Perhaps one next to each Home Depot would suffice.
Gene can have one in his back yard for retirement income.
Since the entire fishing industry has been destroyed for thousands of years, perhaps 1 per mile along Floridas beaches is the solution.
The workers can use the empty hotels as bunk houses.
Plenty of Cuban cheap labor there too.
Jeff, while there's no shortage of hyperbole in your posting, in all sincerity, what is your answer for getting oil? None of our Corvettes run off Pixie dust. We need oil. I'm an engineer, and I love technical solutions. What is yours?
I'm as polite and sincere as I can be with this request. What is your solution for getting oil?
Mike,
I am not a deep green weenie, however, I do believe we have to be more responsible as caretakers of the earth.
The fact that petrochemicals have been found in polar bear blood, specifically, fire retardent, makes my skin crawl. The mere fact that it is detectible, presumes enormous amounts in the ocean , once diluted, to be actually measured. While mother earth can heal, the amount is finite.
As is oil. Like you, I love my Vette, but at what cost? We have to use oil wisely, and broaden our options. The fools that shot down T Bonne Pickens proposal of wind turbines off shore, merely for the view, are fools. An accident there would be nothing compared to poisoning our food supply/chain.
Solar is also viable. A world of solar panels, using point of usage makes so much sense to me. Charging advanced vehicles , such as a Tesla, for bulk use of commuting is viable. There is NO substitute for oil as a lubricant, but their are alternatives to energy. Delaying a change how we think only prolongs the inevitable, as oil is also a finite supply.
As for your question, I have no qualms with earth bound collection, so long as we are RESPONSIBLE collectors. The endless cycle of large companies farming, dumping, selling/declaring BK, then leaving the clean up costs to the EPA, read taxpayer, must end.
Collect the shale oil, but return the area to normal afterwards.
Mine that coal, but burn it in factories with scrubbers.
The cycle will complete itself
As EPA mandated changes in this country, rather than comply, companies left, and went to Mexico. Now, the Rio Grande is toxic. China is waking up to the fact the YangSi is toxic. They are now looking into responsible commerce. Why, as a human race, must we pollute every country untill we learn to just deal with it, rather than run.
We NEED to leave our children an earth that has a future and hope, and we can do that, we know how, but greed gets in our way.
