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Originally Posted by Robbie
What do you guys think about the idea of America going for it's own natural resources? Were those guys correct saying that the U.S. has 300 years of energy with oil and coal that the govt. is keeping us from being able to get?
And if so...could it be done without another Gulf Of Mexico type debacle? And since it's a global ecology and climate...does it really matter if human beings are drilling here or drilling in Saudi Arabia? Wouldn't we be better off with cheap fuel, 1.2 million high paying new oil jobs, and no more making countries that hate us get rich?
That's kind of the idea that really intrigued me.
I agree with the Republican candidates that if the economy fires back up...all these problems kinda go away. And what better to make the economy roar than that energy/job proposal (if it is true)?
I'm just curious if I'm the only one here who really thinks that could be a solution.
Again, I'm concerned about the environment too. But as I said earlier...we're all on the same planet, so doesn't it do just as much damage to our world for oil to spill in Iraq as it does to spill in the U.S.? And if that's true...then I'd rather have our country strong and prosperous instead of oil sheiks getting richer at our expense.
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it sounds good on the surface but the potential problem is.....well the true problem is the same thing that's wrong with pretty much everything in this country and that's greed.
i'm no tree hugger, but i'm afraid that once you let go of the reigns on "Drill Baby Drill" you'll have the same type of lobbying, loophole exploitation, raping, & pillaging that goes down in all the other sectors that have gone bust. yeah it's fucking up the planet, but if we're gonna fuck up our own soil, will it really be to the benefit of the average joe?
producing & using our own resources is fine by me, but i just don't trust government to do it the right way. and (here's where the fight starts lol) if the repubs are in charge of such dealings, i believe that they'll REALLY open up the floodgates of fuckdom for their fat cat friends as they've done in the past
they say it's about jobs but it's more likely about $$$.... and those jobs will be going to illegal aliens for cents on the dollar before you know it......... in my opinion of course
