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Originally Posted by Wynton
So, let me just ask straight out here: forgetting the politics for a moment, does anyone here have a clear preference either for or against the contemplated increase in off-shore drilling? Or do most people just assume it doesn't really matter much?
The "drill baby drill" crowd can't decide what it wants to be angry about. First, they're convinced domestic drilling will "help get us off our foreign dependence, " and
damned liberals won't let us. Then, when it's shown the proven
totals off our shores are negligible, they freak out with "So!?!?! Let them drill anyway and find out!"... Nevermind that drilling isn't exploration, and drilling doesn't just occur blindly. Instead, incredibly expensive seismology is required before drilling can be conducted. When that seismology comes back with abundant
proven reserve totals, THEN you weigh whether or not to drill.
To a proponent of "just dig deeper," the process of finding and extracting crude oil is apparently effortless, and we can just drill dry holes all over the place and move the infrastructure to the next zone like it's nothing.
Personally, I'm of the same mind that the administration is now taking. F' em. Let them drill. And go out of business in the process. They'll learn.