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About That Whole Energy Independence Thing

Published by Mockarena on July 11, 2010 in General Political Mockery. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

This article depressed me.

This past Friday, Diamond Offshore announced that it’s relocating its Ocean Endeavor oil drilling rig from the Gulf to Egyptian waters. This is likely the first of many rigs which will be moved outside of the US, because of all the moratorium crap Obama has started in response to the BP oil spill. In fact, the CEO of Diamond said, “As a result of the uncertainties surrounding the offshore drilling moratorium, we are actively seeking international opportunities to keep our rigs fully employed. We greatly regret the loss of U.S. jobs that will result from this rig relocation.”

But in his infinite wisdom, Obama wants his commission to have time to investigate the cause of the spill, and implement a whole bunch of new standards, and basically make it completely impossible to drill for oil. Because commissions are his solution for everything.

Early estimates suggest that up to a dozen rigs could leave the Gulf because of the moratorium. And it’s unlikely that they’ll return any time soon, if ever.

Look – I’m ALL ABOUT researching and exploring new sources of energy. BUT AT THE SAME TIME as we keep drilling. Why is it so hard for Obama to understand that if everyone is drilling EXCEPT US, that it makes us MORE dependent on foreign oil? We need to be aggressively pursuing our OWN sources of energy, INCLUDING oil.

ATTENTION TOWNSPEOPLE: Prepare For Your Gas Prices To Skyrocket.

Published by Mockarena on June 18, 2010 in Really?. 13 Comments Tags: , , , .

According to this, we’re likely to be looking at $7 per gallon gas thanks to Obama’s push on new energy legislation.

As the column correctly points out, this cap and trade type of legislation has absolutely nothing to do with the oil spill, it won’t fix the oil spill, and it does nothing to help us recover from the oil spill. What it DOES do, is “not let a serious crisis go to waste” which is Rahm Emanuel’s forever famous soundbyte of the decade.

And juuuuuuust when we all thought it was safe to assume that cap and trade was dead, the oil rig exploded, the leak began, and voila! It has returned. Only now, instead of associating it with global warming, Obama and company are “rebranding” it as a jobs bill, insisting that it’s going to create skillions and jillions of jobs and make us all energy independent.

But people with Actual Brains still don’t buy that crap. The “green jobs” thing was tried in Spain already, and it’s been a total disaster. According to the source link, each green job has required three quarters of a million dollars in government subsidies.  Each. Job.

So the other night, when Obama gave his kick-some-BP-ass speech, he used a good portion of his time to propose cap and trade style legislation again.  Even though that does NOTHING to help fix the problem.  I mean, no matter what, we’ll still need oil.  It’s just that Obama wants us all to pay a lot more for it, which seems like just the perfect thing to do to Americans who are already struggling in a fragile economy. Yes. That’s just brilliant.

Like the source link suggests, this administration “shouldn’t view each crisis — including the oil spill — as an opportunity to be exploited, but as a problem to be addressed.”

That would require leadership though. So, you know, go ahead and start budgeting for $7 per gallon gas.

So, About Energy Independence.

Published by Mockarena on November 2, 2009 in Really?. 3 Comments Tags: , .

Turns out, we could be completely free of our dependency on foreign oil, if our government would just LIGHTEN THE FREAK UP on restrictions preventing us from getting to our own FREAKING OIL.

According to this, we pretty much have the largest energy reserves on the planet. And nearly 30% of the world’s coal reserves too.

Hey! I have an idea! Let’s create legislation that caps energy production and taxes and penalizes companies who exceed the cap! And while we’re at it, let’s eliminate jobs by the thousands and cause energy prices to “necessarily skyrocket” and send tons of jobs overseas in the process! YAY!

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