Katrina and oil 2

Some folks might look at the economic reverberations of Hurricane Katrina, which has done untold damage to our oil infrastructure, and think, "hm, maybe depending so heavily on a single source of fuel concentrated in a few small areas puts us unwisely at risk."

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tx.) isn't one of those people:

Barton said the hurricane aftermath should be a "wakeup call" to the American people and government to increase domestic oil production from areas like the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and the coast of California and to build new refineries.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. Brian Fisher Posted 9:50 am
    01 Sep 2005

    Katrina & Global Warming (Actually)The New Orleans reporter said: "the gulf off the coast of Louisiana had warmer water than usual, and there was a loop of deep warm water, a loop current from the Gulf Stream, that this storm passed over. Each resulted in a stronger storm, but I doubt one could just up and blame it on climate change."
    Well then... how did the warmer water get there? Are there fairies under the ocean with immersion heaters or what? Or perhaps vast quantities of methane, water vapor and CO2 have trapped heat in the atmosphere which has heated the oceans.
    In Atlantic Canada the ocean is also warmer than normal and hurricans like the one that devastated Halifax Nova Scotia two years ago are quite possible this year according to Canadian meteorologists and climatologists.

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  2. odograph Posted 12:18 pm
    01 Sep 2005

    I still see... people leaving their cars idling while they shop, to keep the air conditioning going.  I saw it today, in the midst of katrina/gas news, and it wasn't even that hot.  I think it's fair to say that the word is not yet out on what we can/should do.

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