California Democrats seek to make offshore drilling ban permanent

AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/17/06 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

Craziness,, plain and simple.

[dfwgator]

And they'll be the first ones to bitch when gas prices go up again.

[farlander]

And, should I say... Bush' fault ?

[359Henrie]

The only drilling I'm for is in my Senators heads to relive the pressure on the walnuts they call brains.

[Disambiguator]

Corrected Headline:

"California Democrats seek to make high oil prices permanent"

[FreeKeys]

Do they REALLY have any authority beyond the 3-mile limit?

[Carry_Okie]

The resource limit is 200 miles.

[rod1]

Permanent? as in beyond the next ice age?

[Smokin' Joe]

"While we have all been well served by the bans on new coastal oil drilling for the last 25 years, these important protections are increasingly threatened," said Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara. "Enacting legislation that provides permanent protection for California is essential." I NEVER, EVER, want to hear these F'n people bitch about the price of oil again. NOT ONE PEEP.

If you Californians have a scintilla of common sense among you you will vote these b@st@rds out.

[george76]

High Energy prices ?

Blame Greenpeace.

[just a dude]

Self-Righteous Bastards!

[Carry_Okie]

High Energy prices ?
Blame Greenpeace.

Why not blame the British Royal Family who funds them as major stockholders in BP?

[george76]

the British Royal Family funds Greenpeace ?

[aligncare]

...In addition, California Democrats propose shutting down all hydroelectric generation in the state.

And in a related move, California lawmakers propose making the exhalation of carbon dioxide a criminal offense.

[jeremiah]

Why doesn't President Bush open these areas, including Alaska and the Gulf for drilling, by Executive Order, just like his predecessor closed some?

[aligncare]

Love the idea. But I think President Bush plays by the rules and believes strongly in representative democracy; unlike the prior president.

[Carry_Okie]

Yup, so do a number of American Foundations. The Brits sometimes launder the money first through the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Enviro groups are hit men for those who would use them to control access to resources and create artificial scarcity. Consider this post for a description of how it worked in the California power crisis.

[Carry_Okie]

Why doesn't President Bush open these areas, including Alaska and the Gulf for drilling, by Executive Order, just like his predecessor closed some?

For the same reason he doesn't cancel Carter's EO banning nuclear fuel reprocessing: the people to whom we owe money wouldn't like that.

[jeremiah]

I like your answer best.

[jeremiah]

But the process for shutting off drilling has nothing to do with legislatures, it has to do with unaccountable bureaucracies. If it is legal, do it, that is my motto.