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  1. Yes, it is nothing more than a head feint designed to make the uninformed think he is “adopting” some Republican ideas as he rams Cap and Tax through.

    Think what real drilling reform could do. If ANWR and the area off Santa Barabra (both areas have proven reserves) were opened, oil could be flowing into pipelines in lesss than three years. Many new jobs would be created. Price pressures on oil would be relieved. We could buy less imported oil, thereby reducing our trade deficit and making our energy supplies more secure. California’s financial problems would be alleviated. The Feds would receive billions in lease payments, oil royalties, and taxes from oil companies.

    No, that won’t happen. Some one might make some PROFITS. Or there might be an environmental DISASTER. (Like happened to all those wells in the Gulf after Katrina. Oh, that’s right, it didn’t happen.) And, of course, the really big one: The Sierra Club would be really, really unhappy.

  2. I have to say that for alaska, this decision is vitally important. Here’s a link in the local paper regarding this story.
    “The proposed permit authorizes Shell to conduct a multiyear exploratory oil and gas drilling program with the Frontier Discoverer drillship and support fleet, the EPA said.”

    Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/04/01/1208265/shells-chukchi-drilling-plan-gets.html#ixzz0jsnElmWW

    Environmentalists have challenged Shell in court and have held up past drilling. If they get he goahead to do exploratory drilling in 2010, and it now looks likely thanks to this development, it will be huge for this state and by extension our nation.

    It is believed that there are huge oil and natural gas reserves in the Chuckchi. If the environmentalists continue to hamstring Alaskan exploration, it’s only a matter of time till the declining oil fields at Prudhoe dry up and productions stops. at this point the economy of hte state woulddry up also. that is precisely what many environmentalists want. They wish to see Alaska be a giant park. Locked up for them, their friends and the government employees who would get to live here. So while its a mixed bag, let’s see how this shakes out. Believe me, it’s not going to change anybody’s opinion of Obama.

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