Open up the Gulf of Mexico on the west Florida coast to oil rigs and watch gas prices plummet. And as for those enviro-nuts: put the platforms west of Yankeetown and thereabouts. No beaches there, just marshland, etc. So there's no "scenery" to "mess up". And as to fishing? Rigs are well known to be fish magnets. In fact, some of the best Gulf Coast fishing can be had near those rigs; so there's another boost for Florida: more tourism.
We need a new Governor, one with the cajones to do this.
“And as for those enviro-nuts: put the platforms west of Yankeetown and thereabouts. No beaches there, just marshland”
Actually one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever been to is just outside of Yankeetown. It is in the looming shadow of a nuclear power plant. Wonderful place and I’d go back again in a heartbeat.