Oil, oil everywhere, and not a drop of thinking.
“To paraphrase Joseph Romm, here is the underlying reality: A nation
that uses one-quarter of the world’s oil while possessing less than 3%
of its total reserves cannot possibly drill its way to happiness at the
pump, much less self-sufficiency. The only plausible strategy is to cut
consumption while embarking on a serious program of alternative fuels
and energy sources. This is a point that any honest presidential
candidate should be making at every turn.”
- Image & text from this awesome post at JBlaque’s awesome blog (highly recommended to anyone and everyone).
Important lies about offshore drilling in the US:
* It will have an impact on gas prices. It might have a tiny impact…by about 2030.
* It will stop the scary Chinese from drilling too near America. Not sure how exactly that would work, but in any case…no. Even Cheney’s been forced to acknowledge that no Chinese firm is drilling anywhere near America, or Cuba, or anything. They live right next to Russia and the Middle East, for pete’s sake.
* “Americans deserve American oil”. Only opening us up for more drilling doesn’t mean WE get the oil; it means OIL COMPANIES get it. We don’t have a nationalized energy industry, remember??
* Oil never gets spilled any more, so it’s safe. There were several major spills as a result of Katrina, Rita and other recent hurricanes. (Didn’t see them on the news? Gee, how funny…) Opening up close-to-shore drilling on the East Coast or, gods forbid, in protected areas, is exactly as dangerous as it sounds. Have we all forgotten the Exxon pictures so quickly?
(See JBlaque’s post for much more detail, and other goodness besides. S/he is definitely my “find” for today!)
(And thanks to Benchilada for tipping me off!)
Originally published at *Transcendental *Logic. You can comment here or there.