Will Congress Overturn The Bill Against Oil Drilling ?

You Might Like

Asked By: garbanzosusa

Who liked it? 12

rrl100807 (+)
Dallas Cowboys

danny_n94 (+)
Denver Broncos

badsam1956 (+)
Kyle Busch

Nick S (+)
Boston Coll. Eagles

irbe38 (+)
Chicago Cubs

ukcatfan383 (+)
Kentucky WIldcats

YankeeDudeL (+)
New York Giants

Raven73 (+)
Jeff Burton

derms33 (+)
Cleveland Browns

theshrewdone (+)
Boise St. Broncos

... and 2 other fans

Locker Room Results Skip to Next Poll »

Like it?

Will Congress Overturn The Bill Against Oil Drilling ? (Edited 08/02/08 11:04AM by Seth)

Read the Article: The American Solution - Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.

Two Bills Are Still in Proposal:

1. H.R. 6107: "American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act 2008".

2. H.R. 5429 [109th]: "American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act 2008"

Will Congress Overturn The Bill Against Oil Drilling ? <span style="font-size:12px;">(Edited 08/02/08 11:04AM by Seth)</span> Photo

by Andy Post -Minnesota Daily

One of the United States' most pressing political issues over the past 40 years has been the question of whether or not to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refugem known as ANWR. Action has never been taken by the U.S. government to approve drilling because of presidential vetoes, Senate filibusters and allegiance to environmental lobbies. Our economy has reached a breaking point, and it has never made more sense to further explore this option as a means to alleviating our energy crisis in the United States.

Current oil technology allows for an outstanding utilization of land, with minimal impact on the environment (something proponents could not claim 15 years ago). In fact, the area in question (known as the "10-02" area) only makes up 8 percent of the entire refuge. Within that, it's estimated that only around 2,000 out of 1.5 billion acres would be necessary to access the underground reserves, which, by the way, have been cited as the largest such oil reserves in North America. For those who are not good with numbers, we're talking about an area about the size of JFK Airport.

Amen Brother Andy!

Pain In The Pump? Deciding whether to eat or pay your bills or fill your gas tank? There are two and maybe more House Bill(s) to help you -but congress need to know how you really feel about these economic times. This is NO LONGER a political gain or lose for either side of parties - this is for our survival and continuation of operations on this earth - until we find any alternative solution, and at this day in age that's looking like a long time away!

Write to your Congressman or women and your Senators today!

*Also sign the petition at this working site : www.americansolutions.com

getting closer to the goal of two million + signatures...

| Closed on 09/15/08 at 05:00PM
FanIQ Pts? No | Locker Room, Politics | Opinion List

Rank	37 Fans	Avg (1st)
1.	3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election.	2.3 (14)
2.	1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.	1.9 (13)
3.	2. No.*Democrats and Enviromentalist need tax $$$	1.7 (9)
Also receiving votes:		0.2 (1)

	&nbp;
TOP COMMENT
#1 \| 166 days ago Michael (+)	+12 Here's a novel idea: Nationalize the oil industry...sure it smacks of socialism but it would kill all the profit taking and speculating. Now, all the Saudi's would have to deal directly with the "Oil Baron Committee" in terms of setting prices and I'd wager it would be a LOT less than what we are paying right now!!! 1. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 2. 0 3. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...? (10) (2) (3)


68 Comments \| Sorted by Most Recent First \| Red = You Disagreed
Vote for your favorite comments. Fans decide the Top Comment (3+ votes) and also hide poor quality comments (4+ votes).
#1 \| 166 days ago Michael (+)	+12 Here's a novel idea: Nationalize the oil industry...sure it smacks of socialism but it would kill all the profit taking and speculating. Now, all the Saudi's would have to deal directly with the "Oil Baron Committee" in terms of setting prices and I'd wager it would be a LOT less than what we are paying right now!!! 1. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 2. 0 3. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...? (10) (2) (3)
#2 \| 166 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	+7 The Dems and the Environmentalists better get off their high horse and cut this petty bull**** out. They pay for gas too. Drill, drill I say. 1. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 2. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help. 3. 0
	Was this comment...? (6) (1)
#3 \| 166 days ago tapout632 (+)	+7 The Dems and environ-Nazis can go to he*. Aside from that Spot in Alaska, how about the Everglades or off-shore drilling? The forgotten part about this issue is that crude oil is still a market driven commodity and a business. Lets just for the argument say that drilling starts and oil is brought to the surface very quickly. There are some additional issues that need to be addressed. Here are just two: #1 - There has not been an oil refinery built in this country since 1976, so there is a lack of capacity to refine crude oil and make gasoline. #2 - The USA doesn't drill and refine oil, corporations like Exxon Mobil and BP do. Right now crude oil is something like $135 a barrel. What would stop a group from Japan or somewhere else to buy up futures contracts at $130 or even $125 a barrel? What I'm saying is, it will take a long time for prices to drop at the pump until we see significant relief. I am all for expanding our drilling capacity, but the public must be realistic in its expectations. To break OPEC's stranglehold on the world, countries like the USA, Russia, China and other non-cartel countries need to facilitate expanded drilling and refining capacity and must flood the market with petroleum and drive the prices down. Additionally, as a point for your consideration, isn't this a convenient way to wage war against the US? The rising cost of fuel is attacking our wallets and putting a dent in the economy. Also, How much more does it cost to run a Humvee in Afghanistan this year as opposed to 2006? 1. 0 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...? (7)
#4 \| 166 days ago garbanzosusa (+)	(Edited by garbanzosusa) tapout632 wrote: The Dems and environ-Nazis can go to he*. Aside from that Spot in Alaska, how about the Everglades or off-shore drilling? The forgotten part about this issue is that crude oil is still a market driven commodity and a business. Lets just for the argument say that drilling starts and oil is brought to the surface very quickly. There are some additional issues that need to be addressed. Here are just two: #1 - There has not been an oil refinery built in this country since 1976, so there is a lack of capacity to refine crude oil and make gasoline. #2 - The USA doesn't drill and refine oil, corporations like Exxon Mobil and BP do. Right now crude oil is something like $135 a barrel. What would stop a group from Japan or somewhere else to buy up futures contracts at $130 or even $125 a barrel? What I'm saying is, it will take a long time for prices to drop at the pump until we see significant relief. I am all for expanding our drilling capacity, but the public must be realistic in its expectations. To break OPEC's stranglehold on the world, countries like the USA, Russia, China and other non-cartel countries need to facilitate expanded drilling and refining capacity and must flood the market with petroleum and drive the prices down. Additionally, as a point for your consideration, isn't this a convenient way to wage war against the US? The rising cost of fuel is attacking our wallets and putting a dent in the economy. Also, How much more does it cost to run a Humvee in Afghanistan this year as opposed to 2006? +4 All true. To rest assure. There is play for building more refineries and continue efforts of explorations! The United States has possibly trillions of productive barrels under the Tri- State of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah through shale oil alone. But once again, the environmentalist put a stop to any explorations. This is why taxing the oil companies is a huge mistake! Exxon / Mobile, Shell and Texaco already have materials and tools to explore but had to stop production do to the SUSPENSION of oil explorations by environmentalists. There is tons of other areas in the United States to explore and found to have millions of barrels. So here we are! One (Al Gore - Barack Obama) may say it will take 5-10 years to produce any oil if we started today - however, if anybody took an economic class in high school, once a supplier gets on-line to production - all the other competitors will quickly compete in lowering their prices to accommodate their image as a business to satisfy and in hope to continue their business abroad. Besides, technology today will allows us to have oil up and running much much quicker, but we do need more * home refineries!!!! Another words - Saudi Arabia and Canada and Venezuela will realize we (THE PEOPLE) want cheaper oil!! THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST....
	Was this comment...? (4)
#5 \| 166 days ago RedBirdRage (+)	+7 Nature preserves have a purpose... that being: land set aside NOT to be screwed up by humans like we have everything else. Think rationally and not just about short term solutions, with this stuff "I thought it was a good idea at the time" means you just screwed it up permanently. All of this drilling in ANWAR and the Rocky Mountain Front is just short-term solutions that screw up everything far beyond that little plot of land with a drill in it. Where we need to be aiming towards different forms of energy, since Oil isn't a renewable resource for those of you who never paid attention to how it's formed in science class. Oh yeah, and for those of you who are wondering why the Rocky Mountain Front never got drilled, it's because the landowners gave the plan a big "FU", and we're not talking about people who are your stereotypical treehugging environmentalists. Wanna know why? The impact of drilling and extracting oil has an impact far beyond the area being drilled... there's plenty of land that's been ruined already in the Mountain West from oil drilling. When you're talking about that "little 2000 acres" of ANWAR, you might as well include the whole northeast section of the State, not to mention stretching into Yukon and the Northwest Territories. That's not even taking into account the possibility of another Exxon Valdez-esque disaster, which is STILL causing problems in Southern Alaska to this day. 1. 2. No.Democrats and Enviromentalist need tax $$$ 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...? (4) (3)
#6 \| 166 days ago tapout632 (+)	garbanzosusa wrote: All true. To rest assure. There is play for building more refineries and continue efforts of explorations! The United States has possibly trillions of productive barrels under the Tri- State of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah through shale oil alone. But once again, the environmentalist put a stop to any explorations. This is why taxing the oil companies is a huge mistake! Exxon / Mobile, Shell and Texaco already have materials and tools to explore but had to stop production do to the SUSPENSION of oil explorations by environmentalists. There is tons of other areas in the United States to explore and found to have millions of barrels. So here we are! One (Al Gore - Barack Obama) may say it will take 5-10 years to produce any oil if we started today - however, if anybody took an economic class in high school, * once a supplier gets on-line to production - all the other competitors will quickly compete in lowering their prices to accommodate their image as a business to satisfy and in hope to continue their business abroad. Besides, technology today will allows us to have oil up and running much much quicker, but we do need more * home refineries!!!! Another words - Saudi Arabia and Canada and Venezuela will realize we (THE PEOPLE) want cheaper oil!! THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.... Yes sir. We need refineries, of course wherever a company wants to build a refinery, there will be environmentalists around to oppose it. Oil is sold in futures, the benefits of increased drilling won't be seen immediately. However, when the supply exceeds the demand (or at least closes the gap), prices will fall. 1. 0 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...?
#7 \| 166 days ago tapout632 (+)	RedBirdRage wrote: Nature preserves have a purpose... that being: land set aside NOT to be screwed up by humans like we have everything else. Think rationally and not just about short term solutions, with this stuff "I thought it was a good idea at the time" means you just screwed it up permanently. All of this drilling in ANWAR and the Rocky Mountain Front is just short-term solutions that screw up everything far beyond that little plot of land with a drill in it. Where we need to be aiming towards different forms of energy, since Oil isn't a renewable resource for those of you who never paid attention to how it's formed in science class. Oh yeah, and for those of you who are wondering why the Rocky Mountain Front never got drilled, it's because the landowners gave the plan a big "FU", and we're not talking about people who are your stereotypical treehugging environmentalists. Wanna know why? The impact of drilling and extracting oil has an impact far beyond the area being drilled... there's plenty of land that's been ruined already in the Mountain West from oil drilling. When you're talking about that "little 2000 acres" of ANWAR, you might as well include the whole northeast section of the State, not to mention stretching into Yukon and the Northwest Territories. That's not even taking into account the possibility of another Exxon Valdez-esque disaster, which is STILL causing problems in Southern Alaska to this day. Then you will need to find an affordable, practical solution to the internal combustion engine. 1. 0 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...?
#8 \| 166 days ago RedBirdRage (+)	tapout632 wrote: Then you will need to find an affordable, practical solution to the internal combustion engine. +3 Which means pulling all of these oil subsidies out and putting them towards renewable energy. Either that or convert engines to run on methane, and stick tubes from under the seats to the engine to provide fuel.... 1. 2. No.Democrats and Enviromentalist need tax $$$ 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...? (2) (1)
#9 \| 166 days ago garbanzosusa (+)	RedBirdRage wrote: Nature preserves have a purpose... that being: land set aside NOT to be screwed up by humans like we have everything else. Think rationally and not just about short term solutions, with this stuff "I thought it was a good idea at the time" means you just screwed it up permanently. All of this drilling in ANWAR and the Rocky Mountain Front is just short-term solutions that screw up everything far beyond that little plot of land with a drill in it. Where we need to be aiming towards different forms of energy, since Oil isn't a renewable resource for those of you who never paid attention to how it's formed in science class. Oh yeah, and for those of you who are wondering why the Rocky Mountain Front never got drilled, it's because the landowners gave the plan a big "FU", and we're not talking about people who are your stereotypical treehugging environmentalists. Wanna know why? The impact of drilling and extracting oil has an impact far beyond the area being drilled... there's plenty of land that's been ruined already in the Mountain West from oil drilling. When you're talking about that "little 2000 acres" of ANWAR, you might as well include the whole northeast section of the State, not to mention stretching into Yukon and the Northwest Territories. That's not even taking into account the possibility of another Exxon Valdez-esque disaster, which is STILL causing problems in Southern Alaska to this day. +2 Sorry you feel that way - BUT do you drive? Well in this generation in time, read my lips- w e d o n o t h a v e a n y o t h e r r e s o u r s e s! Until auto makers like GM get off their duff a start mass- producing their so called HYDROGEN Vehicles. You need oil! Are you richer than most Americans? or do you drive a moped? Our entire industry from food to water producing and even for heating homes is ran by oil. The land does not belong to you! *GOD* himself had enriched us for this day. We as people - are not bigger nor smarter than GOD. Are you one of those people who believe that U. S. A. should not be richer, stronger, or free'er then any other country? Well when the going gets tough, we need to get tougher! The animals and precious mountains and water views can wait!
	Was this comment...? (1) (1) (1)
#10 \| 166 days ago tapout632 (+)	RedBirdRage wrote: Which means pulling all of these oil subsidies out and putting them towards renewable energy. Either that or convert engines to run on methane, and stick tubes from under the seats to the engine to provide fuel.... Innovation and oil subsidies are not mutually exclusive. The fact of the matter is that there is not a reliable and practical alternative to the internal combustion engine. Don't confuse the issues. 1. 0 2. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 3. 1. Yes.*Politicians realize The People need help.
	Was this comment...?
#11 \| 166 days ago derms33 (+)	+3 Say it with me now-----MONEY! people don't care if the average person can't afford gas...its all about how much do they stand to make from oil and gas 1. 3. Maybe.But No Drilling until after the election. 2. 1. Yes.Politicians realize The People need help. 3. 2. No.Democrats and Enviromentalist need tax $$$
	Was this comment...? (1) (2)