| I was dumbstruck. The prez that Orwellian Doublethink. |
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| Obama Turns to Fossil Fuels | |
| 2012-01-27 | |
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| Posted by:Mike Ramsey |
| #15 gorb, this is worth repeating: Hey, all this empty talk bought him the presidency once. Americans are just stupid enough that I have to worry about them buying it again. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-01-27 18:41 |
| #14 The national petroleum reserve is a 23 million-acre oil reserve in the northwest corner of Alaska. Prior to Obama's election there were an estimated 9 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the reserve. In 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey dramatically reduced its assessment of oil and gas potential in the 23 million-acre reserve, from 9 billion to only 350 million to 500 million barrels. Where did eight and a half billion barrels of oil go? The answer is no where. It's still there. After paying millions of dollars to obtain oil leases in the NPR, the oil companys have now been denied actual access to their leases. Given the designation as an oil and gas reserve — and not a specially protected wilderness area or other landmark — extracting energy from the region should be straightforward. The Alpine oil field is adjacent to the NPR, and oil lines and production facilities exist within a few miles to the east of the NPR. Although 1.6 million acres — spanning 191 tracts — were leased in the reserve, no drilling has gone on there. During the past 18 months the oil companys have basicly said FU and actually gave 124 of their leases back to the government. The latest lease sale was held on Dec. 7, 2011. 283 tracts on approximately 3,060,176 acres in this sale were offered. Only 17 tracts were sold. Those were probably only bought because of prior legal commitments. Now Obama is once again makeing grand promises to open up millions of acres to oil and gas exploration. But like Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said, "we don't have a leasing problem, we have a permitting problem. It's like this administration will lease you an apartment, but wont ever give you the keys". |
| Posted by: junkiron 2012-01-27 13:00 |
| #13 I thought he had to be buried for 100 million or more years before he became some fossil fuel. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-01-27 12:09 |
| #12 The President did not say he would issue permits. He said that he would open specific area for exploration. I suspect that because of the extreme danger involved coupled with the inadequacy of the proposals the EPA will be mighty scarce regarding the issuance of permits |
| Posted by: kelly 2012-01-27 11:57 |
| #11 Yast kidding, Rambler |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-27 11:26 |
| #10 Duck! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-01-27 11:05 |
| #9 You know Obama is lying because he is talking. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-27 10:38 |
| #8 In another promise, I think Obama praised Ronald Reagan, said he was a Christian, and endorsed Sarah Palin to be the next POTUS. Call me skeptical. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-27 09:50 |
| #7 Bait and switch kinda a guy. I recall hearing some time ago that the White House and Congress buildings are heated with coal. Perhaps other monster buildings are as well. He is just doing another con job. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-01-27 08:58 |
| #6 Hey, all this empty talk bought him the presidency once. Americans are just stupid enough that I have to worry about them buying it again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-27 08:55 |
| #5 More empty words from our Talker-in-Chief. When he stops talking and actually does something, I might take notice. Three years+ of drivel and zero leadership. Time to vote him and a lot of other deadwood out out of office and try to get someone who will do something to address the problems we have. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-01-27 08:02 |
| #4 g(r)omgoru, O's 2012 reelection campaign started the day after his inauguration. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-01-27 07:50 |
| #3 So, does this mean that the election campaign is officially open? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-27 07:32 |
| #2 OWG-NWO = akin to [proto] SPACE GOVT-ORDER = NEED NUKES, OR VARIANTS THEREFROM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-27 01:01 |
| #1 More empty words. Obama believes that speeches can substitute for action. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-01-27 01:00 |