I looked at him and said Aren't they beautiful? He didn't want to talk to me. Next time try this line and see what the idiot says:
Good! They keep the beach cleaner by reducing the natural seepage. When he comes back with incredulous disbelief, explain:
In 1542, Juan Cabrillo reported that the whole coastline in that area had rocks covered with black gooey oil. The Chumash Indians used the tar to seal their canoes and sold them up and down the coast. Drilling reduces the pressure of the subsurface oil and thus reduces the seepage that would otherwise foul the beaches and kill birds. So Simon's campaign rolls over, instead of using the issue, and boots an opportunity in a time of war over foreign oil. Meanwhile, if he hasn't already, he should divest the oil stocks.
Yes I would have told him about the benefits of oil drilling in the ocean if he hadn't've (are double contractions legal lol )walked away.
I wasn't aware of Juan Cabrillo's observations but have observed tht myself as a youngster on the beach at Oceanside in So Calif.
When ever we would come back to the house we would have tar on our feet and have to use solvent to remove it...Mamo didn't want it on her carpet...lol
Bumping for relieving pressue off our Calif coast and for the Caribu in Alaska...who thrive on oil drilling.