john250
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stocky":3dckte60 said:The first thing is that they need to start calling this by the right name. It is not a ban on OFFSHORE DRILLING. It is a ban on the UNITED STATES off shore drilling. Every other country in the world can come and drill there. China is building what is supposed to be the worlds largest drilling platform there right now. Russia is planning on building and so are other countries. I get sick and tired of these people arguing whether or not there should be drilling and they dont want it to affect Florida's beaches. The United States has no say in whether there is offshore drilling. There is offshore drilling now and there will be alot more in the future. The question is whether or not the UNITED STATES will be doing it or whether it will just be other countries with only their own safeguards, if any. On the news, it is always discussed from the question of whether there should be drilling or not. Why are people not discussing that this ONLY affects whether or not the United States will have the use of the oil along our coastlines?
Y'know, environmentalists and animal welfare types aren't real good about unintended consequences.
Ban horse slaughter in the US and increase horse slaughter (same horses) in Mexico--with no humane standards. Ban drilling offshore, and China is free to raid our cookie jar. I'd like to see US platforms out there, subject to US environmental law rather than Chinese.