Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Drill, drill, drill demand is sick, sick, sick ... and wrong for the planet and our families

CNBC's Larry Kudlow and a host of Republican lawmakers are pushing for more domestic oil drilling despite the price for a barrel of oil falling faster than U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' integrity.

America doesn't need more oil drilling. For the sake of the world, stop encouraging more carbon emissions ... BECAUSE THE FREAKIN' POLAR ICECAP IS MELTING TO NOTHING! What other proof do we need that our lifestyle and economic base are destroying this planet?

Demand for oil is going will continue to plummet as the Chinese and world economies fall into recession. Drill, drill, drill for who?

But let's look beyond dollars and cents, which I realize is difficult for Kudlow and his colleagues to do since they are representing big oil profiteers and constituents who drive dinosaur-sized SUVs.

Shell Oil just reported that net profits hit $11.5 billion in the second quarter. And here's one reason why: the local station where I live carries Shell products. And it has been quick to raise prices by 10 cents a day if the price of a barrel of oil rises $10 that day on the market. Yet it has been turtle-like in lowering prices amid the current dive. So if Washington wants to know how these oil companies are racking up huge profits, the conduct of my local station tied to Shell is one answer.

If the price of gas remains too high, then SUV owners will need a more energy efficient vehicle. That means a smaller vehicle, which most poor folks have to drive anyway.

Families across this nation have discovered that staying at home more often is actually not so bad. You actually can talk to one another and find worthy things in each other, just like on The Waltons and even Roseanne. Imagine that?

A lot of people are even saying the gas price crisis has been a blessing. They have more time to do more substantial things at home. They aren't wasting money at hyper-expensive places like Disneyland and Disney World. Local tourist attractions are benefiting, which means a greater contribution to the local tax base to fund services. Imagine that?

Now let's consider T. Boone Pickens, energy baron, who made his fortune from drill, drill, drill for oil. He has been paying for TV commercials to tell Americans that we can't drill out of this energy problem. He is promoting wind power and natural gas. This nation has a bunch of both -- particularly when Kudlow and his comrades get talkly and preachy.

So don't fall for public policy proposals that address our weaknesses, not our hopes. President Bush as usual is way behind the thinking curve on this matter and other issues. I'm sorry to write the following truth, but the days cannot pass fast enough until he is out of office. Most certainly, human beings suffering under 287g deportation and ICE raids cannot long survive this punishing presidency.

So chill, chill, chill, Larry Kudlow and your GOP colleagues. The only drill, drill, drill that's needed is on your brains to eliminate your sad shortsightedness and selfishness.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

President Bush signed a document to allow drilling offshore and that is all it took to cause a drop in oil prices. Could you imagine how the price would drop if actual drilling would begin at a break-neck pace. The U.S. has to become independent on its own resources and no longer be controlled by foreign oil.

Wind and solar power are great ideas, but what do we do for the next 50 years until these sources are fully developed and implimented? The last time I checked my automobile does not have a sail for wind power or solar panels for sun power.

The U.S. has some of the largest pockets of oil in the world sitting right off our coast lines. Lets stop with the man-made global warming crap and start drilling for the sake of our independence from foreign oil. If saving the environment stands in the way of human development we will become extinct within a few hundred years. Global warming is a fact, but it is a natural process this planet has gone through for millions, perhaps billions, of years and is no way caused by man and can not be controlled by man. There are active volcanoes all around the world spewing more pollutants into the atmosphere than man-kind could produce in a thousand years. So, instead of putting a stop to fossil fuel maybe you and the rest of the Al Gore sheeple could go plug up a few volcanoes to save the planet.