Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday firmly rejected the idea of a House vote solely on the issue of offshore oil drilling, calling it "a hoax on the American people" backed by oil companies. "You want to drill? We want the royalties for the American people, and we want that to pay for renewable energy resources. We want to connect all that together." Pelosi said she wants to end what she called the failed energy policies supported by "two oilmen in the White House." She asserted that the two oilmen "want us to do more of the same. So they've come up with this gimmick, this hoax" that says if drilling is allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and offshore, "it's going to bring down the price at the pump." She went on to declare, "ten years, 2 cents," arguing that 10 years would be the time needed to reap a small benefit to most Americans. "Even the president has said it isn't a quick fix. ... I can't allow a hoax to come to the floor."
It is an odd assertion for House Speaker to make when she says the two oilmen Bush and Cheney want "more of the same." How can it be "more of the same" when Bush is pushing for new drilling in places where it has never been done before? How would drilling in ANWR, in the OCS, in the Green River Basin, be more of the same? That is an important part of the solution to our energy independence and bringing down gas prices. It makes no sense to not allow new drilling. The benefits can end up being far more than we expect, and the costs are miniscule. Pelosi is blocking these important measures supported by vast majorities of the American people. She is the one perpetrating a "hoax" because the only explanation for her not even allowing a simple vote is that she is in the pocket of environmental lobby. It is ridiculous to think that Saudi Arabia should drill more but that America should not. Americans need to remember that this Democratic House Speaker is playing political games at our expense when they go to the polls this November.
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Pelosi Backs Off On Possibility Of Allowing Vote On Drilling
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personally understand why she commented that it is "more of the same thing". You stated that it is an important part of the solution to our energy independence and bringing down gas prices, but my question to you is what happens when we drill in the U.S. and that supply is diminished. As you know oil is a non-renewable resource. Therefore, by drilling we are basically postponing our problems not resolving them. We need to invest in renewable resources to firstly make us a truly energy independent nation and secondly to decrease the negative ramifications that are caused from our current methodology in extraction and utilization of these fossil fuels. Renewable resources such as wind and solar power are environmental-friendly. The reason we are experiencing climate changes is due to the past methods. We need a change and doing the same thing as Bush is not the answer.
ReplyDeleteHey Rwright5,
ReplyDeleteYou correctly stated that I said it "an important part of the solution to our energy independence and bringing down gas prices." You went on to ask a question that I am fully willing to answer saying, "What happens when we drill in the U.S. and that supply is diminished. As you know oil is a non-renewable resource." First of all, as I have always stated, drilling is but one very important part of what should be a mulit-faceted energy solution. I am strongly against reliance on foreign oil, as you should be. Our reliance on foreign oil has become uncontrollable, and I believe that wind mills will not make us by less from the Saudis. There is no reason to be against drilling. It will bring down gas prices. Drilling tech has improved. Stop leaving it to the Saudis. Drill offshore, Drill in ANWR, Drill in the Green River Basin. Did you know that that in the Green River Basin there is said to be three times more than the current provable oil reserves of Saudi Arabia? There are estimates which claim oil shale will not be usable for decades, but if we have a natural energy source that can upshot the Saudis, why not exploit it? There is no reason we should let every other country to continue drilling for iol unhindered but create restrictions on ourselves. Yes, we must work toward more than drilling. We must work toward more nuclear energy, and invest in researching more cost effective energy alternatives. But to exclude drilling and solely depend on the OPEC drilling more, or withdrawing from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is ridiculous. Drilling cannot hurt, it can only help. That is why I support driling here and drilling now.
I agree, it's about time we use our own oil resources for a real change. Lets pump it up here until we can climb up that stairs of dependency on what is trully alternative energy.
ReplyDeleteVery true. There is no reason why oil should specifically be excluded, it needs to be part of any solution and the drilling should start ASAP. The Dems are in the pockets of the enviromentalists who do not have the future of the nation as their top priority, that must be the reason for Pelosi's not allowing for an up or down vote on drilling that would pass the Houes and which Americans overwhelmingly support.
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