Posted on 12/07/2009 7:20:16 PM PST by Al B.
I commend Interior Secretary Salazar’s decision today to conditionally approve drilling at three exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast of Alaska; it’s a decision that’s been a long time coming. The area north of the Arctic Circle contains some of the world’s richest oil and gas reserves. U.S. Geological Survey researchers estimate that it contains 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 83 billion barrels of undiscovered oil.
The international community recognizes the potential of Arctic off-shore drilling; it’s about time our government allowed us to compete with them by developing these rich reserves in an environmentally responsible way. As I said last April in my testimony before the Secretary during a federal hearing in Anchorage, “Alaska’s oil and gas resources can and should be a major part of the implementation of any creditable energy plan for our nation. Alaska has proven that these resources can be developed safely, but Arctic exploration and development is a slow, demanding process. Delays or major restrictions in accessing these resources for environmentally responsible development are not in the national interest or the interests of the State of Alaska.”
As an Alaskan and an American, I am very grateful for the decision today because it is a step in the right direction toward prosperity for Alaska and energy independence and security for America.
- Sarah Palin
Why, thats so odd.
The ONLY drilling in Alaska this season will be on the OCS, FedGov turf. Nothing on shore...why in the world is that?
I love these rules!!
Sarah needs to get of her facebook and do something!
“MMS’s approval of Shell’s drilling plan before it addresses these underlying legal questions puts the cart before the horse,” said David Dickson of the Alaska Wilderness League. He said the approval may prejudice the agency’s reconsideration of Bush-era decisions to open the areas to oil and gas drilling without first gathering scientific information and putting a science-based management plan in place."
I believe what we have here is the old I'm on both sides of the issue, we approved but then the court would not approve.
DUH
That’s all well and good but I wonder why it was okayed. Yes I’m suspicious as hell.
Most excellent, and not an uhhhhhhhh or a pause in the entire article.
The stuff gurgles up through the ocean floor if you drill or if you don’t drill. Its been gurgling up through the ocean floor for aeons and will continue to do so a thousand years after we’re all dead.
May as well drill, and quit giving all our money to OPEC.
There is the unsettled question whether it is produced by “dead dinosaurs” or from minerals in the rock. Or both. It could be that there is a lot more of this stuff than the alarmists would have us think.
Thanks for the link gold.
Like what? Write a book or something? Go out and meet the people?
Like, lead a rebellion.
Just you wait. The foundations are being laid.
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