FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU!
Off shore oil drilling again
raises concerns with the latest SNAFU from a major oil company. A Shell drilling rig broke loose during
towing and ended up beached on an Alaskan island. So far no oil spill. Another oil rig in the arctic seas has all
but been condemned by the U.S. Coast Guard inspectors, sighting safety and
environmental concerns.
The major oil companies are
the most profitable concerns ever to exist on earth. The published profits of these companies are
obscene when compared to world economies, and yet they operate here in the United States United
States
At present a barrel of oil is
selling at $93.19. But the actual cost
of oil is much higher. When we add in
the U.S. military forces assigned to protect oil concerns, foreign aide to
third world oil producers, oil spill clean-up cost, tax considerations and
subsidies the cost likely sky rockets to $500.00 or more per barrel. This does not include the environmental
damage to the oceans, land and atmosphere.
We can not put a cost of the lives lost in recent military campaigns,
oil worker deaths and illnesses resulting from fossil fuel pollution.
Both Democrats and
Republicans protect the oil interest; but, the Republicans go the extra mile
denying climate change.
Here in Maine
our energy policy requires that we produce 4% of Maine
However, our Republican
Governor is pushing a bill that will freeze the alternative energy component at
4%. He states that alternative methods
are more expensive than oil produced electricity; and in true Republican fashion,
he says that staying on the oil standard will ‘produce more jobs and attract
more business to the state.'
Micro or Macro - at Both
National and State Levels - Oil Rules.
FOOL ME TWICE ( 3,4,5,6… TIMES) SHAME ON ME!
the Ol’Buzzard
It seems that Republicans are doing their best to try to prove that we are foolishly provoking the wrath of god by not using the gracious bounty of the oil and coal he so generously provided for us to reap by destroying our planet before he decides to destroy us and our silly physical existence anyway...
ReplyDeleteA good recent example is Toledo ,Ohio where under the program of the last democrat Governor, they embarked on a program to convert state buildings to energy efficiency. The bill was approved, but the contracts didn't get farmed out until the new Governor, Tea Brained Kaschisch took office...of course the entire implementation got totally corrupted and the contract for the State offices in Toledo went to a Colorado Firm that installed wind turbines on top of the big new State Office building. The work was shoddy, the design was substandard and after a few weeks, the turbines broke down and have been idle and deteriorating for almost a year now, The company that installed them is defunct..there is no warranty. So, the Republican Tea brain logic is to declare that wind energy is not a viable option. A hippie fantasy....let's build another subsidized nuclear power plant on Lake Erie!