<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for The offshore drilling hoax, part 2]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by sebaph01 http://www.grist.org/article/chomping-at-the-drill-bit/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:27:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/chomping-at-the-drill-bit/1 Chomping At the Drill Bit

But it doesn't really seem like the Democrats are doing a good job defending themselves and at least eloquently addressing the American public the reasons why we should oppose offshore drilling.  

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But it doesn't really seem like the Democrats are doing a good job defending themselves and at least eloquently addressing the American public the reasons why we should oppose offshore drilling.  

]]> Comment #2 by timbuktu http://www.grist.org/article/chomping-at-the-drill-bit/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:56:10 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/chomping-at-the-drill-bit/2 What are the Dems doing?

As the party that traditionally champions for the working class, Democrats should come out and say that they are adamantly against high oil prices, and that they want to reduce the costs to the consumer in the long term. This would highlight how more oil drilling is not a sustainable strategy for long-term energy price reductions. Right now the Republicans have the democrats in a bind because they are focusing on the short term. If the Democrats could talk a bit more about energy longevity they wouldn't look so weak on the issue. It also wouldn't hurt to point out that oil companies have 70 million accessible acres still on lease that they could tap into if we really wanted to fix the situation with a short term flow of oil (See This Is Not A Drill).

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As the party that traditionally champions for the working class, Democrats should come out and say that they are adamantly against high oil prices, and that they want to reduce the costs to the consumer in the long term. This would highlight how more oil drilling is not a sustainable strategy for long-term energy price reductions. Right now the Republicans have the democrats in a bind because they are focusing on the short term. If the Democrats could talk a bit more about energy longevity they wouldn't look so weak on the issue. It also wouldn't hurt to point out that oil companies have 70 million accessible acres still on lease that they could tap into if we really wanted to fix the situation with a short term flow of oil (See This Is Not A Drill).

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