Thread: Barack Obama: TheEnergy Snob: Why Does Obama Oppose Drilling?

Originally Posted by Albert Di Salvo

Obama is taking credit for the actions set in motion by Clinton and Bush.

Obama has always taken credit for work and decisions that were made by others.

Before he often said it was George Bush's fault the economy was bad and gasoline prices were high.

And now, Obama tells us it is a good thing that gasoline prices are much higher today than they were when Bush was president! And oh yes, the economy is recovering. We just don't see any evidence of it yet!

Obama could not be truthful with us if his life and his reputation actually depended on it!

Originally Posted by Margot

That doesn't make sense to me..

During the Bush administration leases in the Gulf of Mexico were expiring ... unexplored.

Come now, Margot.

Do you just make this stuff up or what?

You're entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts.

Originally Posted by James Cessna

Come now, Margot.

Do you just make this stuff up or what?

You're entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts.

3,200 Gulf oil wells abandoned and unprotected

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20055594.html

In 2008 Congress allowed the 27 year moratorium on drilling on the outer continental shelf to expire. For almost three decades a bipartisan moratorium protected vast areas of US coasts while allowing oil drilling in areas known to be rich in oil resources like the Gulf of Mexico



WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2002 (ENS) - About 765,000 acres of Florida park and preserve land would be protected from future oil and natural gas drilling under an agreement announced Wednesday by the Bush administration. The Department of Interior has agreed in principle to spend $235 million to buy back drilling rights beneath the Florida Everglades and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida panhandle.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2...-05-30-06.html

Originally Posted by Margot

3,200 Gulf oil wells abandoned and unprotected

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20055594.html

In 2008 Congress allowed the 27 year moratorium on drilling on the outer continental shelf to expire. For almost three decades a bipartisan moratorium protected vast areas of US coasts while allowing oil drilling in areas known to be rich in oil resources like the Gulf of Mexico



WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2002 (ENS) - About 765,000 acres of Florida park and preserve land would be protected from future oil and natural gas drilling under an agreement announced Wednesday by the Bush administration. The Department of Interior has agreed in principle to spend $235 million to buy back drilling rights beneath the Florida Everglades and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida panhandle.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2...-05-30-06.html

Chimp Bush and Monkey King Obama: Gorillas in the fokking mist.

Originally Posted by Margot

WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2002 (ENS) - About 765,000 acres of Florida park and preserve land would be protected from future oil and natural gas drilling under an agreement announced Wednesday by the Bush administration. The Department of Interior has agreed in principle to spend $235 million to buy back drilling rights beneath the Florida Everglades and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida panhandle.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2...-05-30-06.html

Ah-Ha!

I knew all along you were intentionally misleading us!

This is what the "lefties" in this group often do!

During the Bush administration, these leases in the Gulf of Mexico were not allowed to expire ... unexplored. The truth is the Bush administration bought back drilling rights beneath the Florida Everglades and in the Gulf of Mexico to protect 765,000 acres of Florida park and preserve land from future oil and natural gas drilling.

Nice try, but on cigar!

Originally Posted by James Cessna

Ah-Ha!

I knew all along you were intentionally misleading us!

This is what the "lefties" in this group often do!

During the Bush administration, these leases in the Gulf of Mexico were not allowed to expire ... unexplored. The truth is the Bush administration bought back drilling rights beneath the Florida Everglades and in the Gulf of Mexico to protect 765,000 acres of Florida park and preserve land from future oil and natural gas drilling.

Nice try, but on cigar!

You evidently missed the 30 year moratorium........

Originally Posted by Margot

You evidently missed the 30 year moratorium........

Ha-Ha!

Busted again!

Once again, Margot, you are making this up.

Neither article said anything about 30 year moratorium.

Do you just make this stuff up or what?

You're entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts.

Originally Posted by James Cessna

Ha-Ha!

Busted again!

Once again, Margot, you are making this up.

Neither article said anything about 30 year moratorium.

Do you just make this stuff up or what?

You're entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts.

Obama ends 20-year moratorium on new offshore drilling

By BEN FELLER
The Associated Press

Published: March 31st, 2010 03:06 PM
Last Modified: March 31st, 2010 10:20 PM


WASHINGTON -- Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling Wednesday, widening the politically explosive hunt for more homegrown oil and gas.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2010/03/31/120654...#storylink=cpy


In 1982, Congress placed a moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the west coast of the United States, and in the years that followed, they also restricted leasing off the Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Then in 1990, President George H.W. Bush issued an executive moratorium on oil and gas leasing in those same regions, which was extended by President Bill Clinton until 2012.

For more than 25 years, U.S. waters were protected, until 2008 when President George W. Bush lifted the executive moratorium. At the same time, fueled by rising gas prices and a challenging election year, cries of “drill baby drill” convinced Congress to allow the moratorium to lapse as well.

In a 2006 bipartisan agreement, Congress passed the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) which opened up new areas in the western and central Gulf while protecting the eastern Gulf until 2022.

When President Obama took office, his administration put a hold on the plan to allow appropriate time for comments from all sides of the drilling debate. But in March 2010, President Obama announced that he would open much of the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to offshore drilling, including areas that were previously protected.

Shortly after this announcement, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April, 2010, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history.

http://oceana.org/en/our-work/climat...shore-drilling

Originally Posted by Margot

Obama ends 20-year moratorium on new offshore drilling

By BEN FELLER
The Associated Press

Published: March 31st, 2010 03:06 PM
Last Modified: March 31st, 2010 10:20 PM


WASHINGTON -- Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling Wednesday, widening the politically explosive hunt for more homegrown oil and gas.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2010/03/31/120654...#storylink=cpy

In 1982, Congress placed a moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the west coast of the United States, and in the years that followed, they also restricted leasing off the Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Then in 1990, President George H.W. Bush issued an executive moratorium on oil and gas leasing in those same regions, which was extended by President Bill Clinton until 2012.

For more than 25 years, U.S. waters were protected, until 2008 when President George W. Bush lifted the executive moratorium. At the same time, fueled by rising gas prices and a challenging election year, cries of “drill baby drill” convinced Congress to allow the moratorium to lapse as well.

In a 2006 bipartisan agreement, Congress passed the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) which opened up new areas in the western and central Gulf while protecting the eastern Gulf until 2022.

When President Obama took office, his administration put a hold on the plan to allow appropriate time for comments from all sides of the drilling debate. But in March 2010, President Obama announced that he would open much of the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to offshore drilling, including areas that were previously protected.

Shortly after this announcement, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April, 2010, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history.

http://oceana.org/en/our-work/climat...shore-drilling

Ha-Ha!

Busted again, Margot!

The 30 year moratorium was enacted not by George W. Bush but by a Democratic Congress!

In 1982, Congress placed a moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the west coast of the United States, and in the years that followed, they also restricted leasing off the Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Again, nice try, but no cigar!

And of course, as all "lefties" do, you conveniently left out the part that Barack Obama re-instated the drilling moratorium during December 2010.

Shame, shame on you for trying to deceive us this way!

In December of 2010 it was announced [by the Obama administration] that in the new 5 year plan for offshore drilling, no new offshore drilling would be allowed in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The Eastern Gulf of Mexico was even protected from offshore oil and gas exploration for the next seven years.

Therefore, this statement, Obama ends 20-year moratorium on new offshore drilling is a falsehood and an epic failure; he re-instated the moratorium again in December of 2010! The moratorium on new offshore drilling remains in effect under Barack Obama!

Originally Posted by James Cessna

Barack Obama will live to regret his decision to kill the Keystone XL oil pipeline project.

His green energy projects have all ended in failure, Chevrolet Volt sales are embarrassingly small and higher gasoline prices will cause the American electorate to soundly reject his foolish ideas and his silly beliefs in climate change this November.

"At the same time the Obama administration has thrown billions of dollars at green energy — the president’s latest enthusiasm is algae — it has denied the government billions of dollars of revenue from new leases."


"On federal lands, oil production declined 11 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the pro-drilling Institute for Energy Research. On state and private lands, production increased 14 percent. Natural-gas production on federal lands dropped 27 percent from 2009, and increased 28 percent on state and private lands. The president took credit for a trend with which he had nothing to do and which he has tried to obstruct. Leases for onshore exploration under the Obama administration are down roughly 35 percent from the Bush administration and 70 percent from the Clinton administration"

Well now that we all know this is a crock of crap ... can we now move on to the next lie?