Romney said oil production on public lands is down 14%. That is for ONE YEAR, the year after the Gulf oil spill. Actually, it is UP 13% since 2008, and the most ever. What a lying AZZHOLE.
JUST LIKE ON EVERYTHING ELSE. WHAT A DISGRACE.
Since what Romney said was true, it obviously wasn't a lie. Oil production on federal lands for 2011 is down 14%, and it is going to go down further over the next three years.
What was a lie was Obama trying to take credit for production he had no control over. The increased production in 2009 and 2010 were the results of leases and permits that the Bush administration acted on. It takes two to three years to bring a well into full production, after the leasing and permitting.
What we are seeing in 2011 is the results of the Obama administration refusing to lease lands, and slow walking drilling permits. This will cause production decreases in 2012, 2013, and possibly 2014.
If Obama is reelected, oil and gas production on federal lands will continue to decline as the administration will use every action possible to stop drilling on federal lands.
Drilling overall has gone up more over the last 4 years than in the previous 8, nut of course know-it-all Mitt Romney has to harp on the fact that drilling on federal lands went down one year. Just what we need, an obnoxious know-it-all ass hole in Romney as President.
Like him or hate him, President Obama has done a good job in terms of getting oil drilling permits moving along.
You are so wrong, that is is obvious that you don't have a clue. Oil and gas production increased in 2009, and oil production increased in 2010. Gas production decreased in 2010 and 2011. None of the increased production of 2009 or 2010 is a result of anything that Obama did. The Bush administration offered those leases and permitted the drilling.
2011 is the first full year of production under the Obama policies, and production of both gas and oil are down. The declines will continue for at least two more years, and will continue beyond that, if Obama is reelected.