Guest Column By Beverly: Would Offshore Drilling Be Accepted?
Would offshore drilling be accepted?
The discussions on offshore drilling are getting a new push as the group of 5 Democrats senators and 5 Republicans senators are creating a joint plan.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11975.html
The Gang of 10 has probably created the impossible -- a plan for offshore drilling that has at the same time much more drilling and much more conservation. The growing support for offshore drilling has led Barack Obama and other members of the Democratic party to change their position and declare that they'll support the plan.
I know that as a Republican I should be happy seeing that some solution to the ban issue is about to be found, but I have two important questions that are left unanswered:
1. Why are so many drilling licenses left unused? Are we giving land to the oil companies so that they can sit on it for as long as they want and turn it into private property?
From a strictly practical perspective, when I give something to someone I want it to be used in some positive way, like increasing income, enabling housing or just plain public parks creation.
As I see it, there is no reason to give anyone free gifts so that they can get fat when the oil prices are increasing. Either the gas companies use the drilling licenses that they've already received or they lose the right for the land to another company or for other purposes.
2. If we can see the results of offshore drilling only in a few years time and it won't help the current gas prices crisis at all, why not check for other alternatives that can be developed in similar amount of time?
If the solution was immediate then by no means go ahead, but it we acknowledge that there are no immediate solutions to increase the American gas production, are we not obliged to check the possibility to develop other energy alternatives such as clean or renewable energies?
I feel that we are not thinking outside the box on this issue. From an economic perspective it makes sense to do a little brain storming about new ways to sustain the well being of the American people. If we think of the country as one big firm, we'll realize there are a lot of changes to be done to make it a firm with some sort of economic rationality.
Editor's comment: This piece (edited by me, but NOT for content) comes to us from Beverly at The Republicans Online Blog.
Your thoughts are welcomed.
The discussions on offshore drilling are getting a new push as the group of 5 Democrats senators and 5 Republicans senators are creating a joint plan.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11975.html
The Gang of 10 has probably created the impossible -- a plan for offshore drilling that has at the same time much more drilling and much more conservation. The growing support for offshore drilling has led Barack Obama and other members of the Democratic party to change their position and declare that they'll support the plan.
I know that as a Republican I should be happy seeing that some solution to the ban issue is about to be found, but I have two important questions that are left unanswered:
1. Why are so many drilling licenses left unused? Are we giving land to the oil companies so that they can sit on it for as long as they want and turn it into private property?
From a strictly practical perspective, when I give something to someone I want it to be used in some positive way, like increasing income, enabling housing or just plain public parks creation.
As I see it, there is no reason to give anyone free gifts so that they can get fat when the oil prices are increasing. Either the gas companies use the drilling licenses that they've already received or they lose the right for the land to another company or for other purposes.
2. If we can see the results of offshore drilling only in a few years time and it won't help the current gas prices crisis at all, why not check for other alternatives that can be developed in similar amount of time?
If the solution was immediate then by no means go ahead, but it we acknowledge that there are no immediate solutions to increase the American gas production, are we not obliged to check the possibility to develop other energy alternatives such as clean or renewable energies?
I feel that we are not thinking outside the box on this issue. From an economic perspective it makes sense to do a little brain storming about new ways to sustain the well being of the American people. If we think of the country as one big firm, we'll realize there are a lot of changes to be done to make it a firm with some sort of economic rationality.
Editor's comment: This piece (edited by me, but NOT for content) comes to us from Beverly at The Republicans Online Blog.
Your thoughts are welcomed.
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