White House Puts the West on Fast Track for Oil, Gas Drilling

LA Times ^ | 8/25/04 | Alan C. Miller, Tom Hamburger and Julie Cart

[mmyers]

LA Times? Can you beleive the RATS?

[Pondman88]

But what about the environment? the Trees and the birds???? No this can't happen!!!

[AllTheRage]

[Blzbba]

"it has targeted a number of places prized for their scenery, abundant wildlife and clean water, natural assets increasingly valuable to the region's changing economy. "


Who cares about the animals and other 'natural assets'? Go to a zoo or look at pictures on a PC.

I want cheap gas and I'm willing to sacrifice these natural niceties for both me and my small children because hey - if Bush says it's the right thing to do, then it must be true.

[PhiKapMom]

They are drilling new wells everyplace I drive here in OK and our other wells are pumping more then I have ever seen since moving here. Some wells I would never see pump before and now I see them pumping a lot. Lot of trucks on the roads to empty the tanks -- many more than before.

[fishtank]

To me, when I see an oil drilling rig or pump, it gives me a feeling of triumph and victory.

[Damocles]

Ah, here come the "BUSH IS KILLING YOUR CHILDREN AND SMALL PETS!" ads.

Expect a new John Kerry...er...MoveOn.org ad soon comparing Bush to a small nuclear weapon...

[razorback-bert]

Love those toy rigs!

[Dog Gone]

Boy, that is a tiny one.

[Matchett-PI]

"Who cares about the animals and other 'natural assets'? Go to a zoo or look at pictures on a PC. I want cheap gas and I'm willing to sacrifice these natural niceties for both me and my small children because hey - if Bush says it's the right thing to do, then it must be true."

How old are you?

[snooker]

Kerry is for clean coal.

Kerry's clean coal ... have the maid wash it.

[Eva]

Wasn't there some lawsuit in OK about oil leases on Indian territory that weren't being paid. It might be that the lawsuit was settled and wells are again pumping.

[Eva]

The other possiblility is that the high oil prices make recovery of oil from shale profitable.

[RightWhale]

That's one of the best sights there is. It should be neat and clean, of course, but rounding a bend in a road and finding purposeful concrete, gravel, and steel at work adds considerably to the scenery.

[conserv13]

Drilling in the west and even in ANWR won't solve our long term energy problems. Conservation and new technology can.

[ShandaLear]

Timing of this is suspicious.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Drill till the caribou come home...

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[RicocheT]

Oil and gas drilling can be done and not harm the local environment. The whole work area is less than a football field and the road in is made with due regard to erosion and other disturbance.

Once the well is producing, the work area shrinks even more and the collecting tanks or pipeline are not that noticeable.

We can have affordable energy as well as a nice view of nature.

[WinMod70]

Exploration ain't worth gettin' to worked up over. Now if they were issuing permits to build a few new refineries then we got something to cheer about.