Don’t drill, don’t refine, don’t ask
November 14, 2008
This site is not about conspiracy theories. There are plenty of other sites for that stuff. But, this writer has been compelled to question the motives of Democrats and their environmental allies given their actions over the last few months. When gasoline was surging past the $4 mark, and while natural gas and home heating oil were hitting new highs, the Democrats did everything in their power to make matters worse. Even though George W. Bush issued an executive order to openup offshore drilling, Nancy Pelosi was able to stop it and then respond with an even more restrictive bill that effectively closes off drilling to 95% of America’s coastline.
The Democrats also oppose clean coal initiatives, nuclear power, diesel fuel, new refineries, new pipelines, tar sand and oil shale extraction, new coal-fired or gas-fired power plants and upgrades to the electrical grid. The question is why? What do Democrats have to gain by forcing Americans to starve and shiver in darkness? All kinds of possibilities bubble up: Are Democrats being paid off to do this and by whom? Is this a way to create misery so that Democrats can maintain their stranglehold on America’s poor and working class? Does Bill Clinton, who gets paid tens of millions by OPEC producers, still have clout within the Democratic Party? What possible motives could the Democrats have to deprive America of its own natural resources? Oh, they do support wind power. But even with all their hot air, Democrats know wind power is impractical. So, what’s the real story?
Growth in energy supply and energy infrastructure spurs general economic growth. This country’s economy was built on cheap, abundant energy which is still possible, even if emission controls are applied. What will stop this country cold are the restrictive, reactionary and regressive policies of Democrats and their friends in the environmental left. Responsible energy development is the key to economic growth. Anyone who expends so much effort to stop it must have something else up their sleeve.
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Date: November 19, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
While I don’t think that “clean coal” is a viable long term (or even short term) solution, we do need to take advantage of every energy solution we have available, oil and nuclear included. These kinds of things shouldn’t be national issues anyways, if state X wants to drill for oil, let them do it. If state Y doesn’t, that’s their problem. The left is just looking to control people and scare the populus, open up the markets, let the states do what they want, and all will be good.