Shrub and the people screaming for offshore drilling seem to need a little help recognizing the truth. If offshore drilling will only drop prices by 25 cents per gallon in 10 years or so, what is it accomplishing now? Absolutely Nothing!!! But we all know that Republicans just want to charge ahead and do something- anything- no matter the consequences. Shrub is handling this situation as well as he did Iraq and we all know what a catastrophe that has been.
Most Americans Support Lifting The Ban, But Experts Say Gas Prices Wouldn’t Change
(CBS) With gasoline hovering around $4.00 a gallon, a new poll shows two out of three Americans now agree with President Bush - that Congress should permit drilling on the outer continental shelf, CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports.
“Experts believe that currently restricted areas … could eventually produce up to 18 billion barrels of oil,” Mr. Bush said in a recent speech.
Even in Santa Barbara, Calif., where a huge oil spill from an ocean rig blowout in 1969 turned most Californians against offshore drilling, some people are having second thoughts.
According to the federal government’s own Department of Energy, drilling off America’s coasts would not have a significant impact on domestic oil production or prices before 2030. And off-shore leasing wouldn’t even begin before 2012.
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