Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush

[scaeagles]

Why oy? This is great news. With huge public support, I might add. And great need.

There are legit reasons to disagree with it, but I have to laugh with the "none will be available for years" argument. How many alternative techs that are being developed will be widely available in 2009? Yes, develop those other techs, but don't ignore the natural resources we have at our disposal now. China is making deals with Cuba to drill off their coast. Russia is looking at drilling in the arctic. We keep begging OPEC to increase production. So it seems as if it is OK for everyone else to try to solve their energy problems through existing tech, but not the US. I just don't understand it.

To ease your mind, though, GC, it matters nothing unless Congress acts as well. This is a political move by Bush to put the ball in Congress' court.