China's Drilling for Oil in America's Backyard, Republicans Say

June 11, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - House Republicans want the American people to know that right now -- around 60 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla. -- China is drilling for oil, thanks to a lease issued by Cuba.

But 1,200 miles north of Key West, Democrats in Washington are blocking the United States from conducting its own environmentally-safe oil and gas exploration in similar U.S. coastal areas, said a news release from House Republican leader John Boehner's office.

"By prohibiting the United States from taking part in the same type of energy exploration that the Chinese are conducting just miles off our shores, the Democratic Majority on Capitol Hill continues to prove itself complicit in an energy crisis that has saddled American families and small businesses with gas prices that have reached $4.05 per gallon today," the news release said.

"Do congressional Democrats actually believe China has more ingenuity and more concern for the environment than the United States?" Republicans asked.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department said gasoline prices are expected to remain close to $4 a gallon through 2009.

Republicans are pushing an energy plan that would expand domestic oil exploration and production; encourage the opening of new American oil refineries; and invest in alternative energy sources such as wind, nuclear, and captured carbon dioxide.


China's Drilling for Oil in America's Backyard, Republicans Say -- 06/11/2008

As usual, Congress well never do anything, ever. They can't do anything about illegal immigration, why does anyone think they will do anything about energy? By the time you get past the objections of everyone who opposses anything, you get NOTHING. Tree huggers don't want new refineries, no drilling offshore in California, and no nuclear reactors, Floridans don't want drilling because it may be unsightly... The oil lobby doesn't really want alternative energy because they lose control of it. In the end, no one gets anything until we have a catastrophic failure of the whole system, then they are more interested in assigning blame than solving anything.

It will be as it always is, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE to come through. Innovative companies like Tesla will end up being the real answer.
 
In the end, no one gets anything until we have a catastrophic failure of the whole system, then they are more interested in assigning blame than solving anything.

Like blaming "tree huggers" for the energy crises, you mean?

Totally, dude.
 
Like blaming "tree huggers" for the energy crises, you mean?

Totally, dude.

They play a big role by blocking new refinery construction and new drilling initiatives and they have always opposed nuclear power. All three of those things are going to happen regardless of what tree huggers want as we approach a crisis. Environmentalists were also instrumental in Califronia's recent power crisis by constantly opposing new power plant construction and hydroelectric dam construction. At some time soon, the feds will finally crush the environmentalists when the energy problem becomes a real issue of national security.
 

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