Grist Comment Feed en http://www.grist.org/article/floridas-beaches-now-threatened-by-offshore-drilling/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:38:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/floridas-beaches-now-threatened-by-offshore-drilling/1 Long story short, Cuba thinks it has found a giant oil field on the Cuban Banks.  They are going to develop oil fields right off Florida.  I don't know if it's within 150 miles but it's going to be huge, because the Norwegian explorers and Chinese builders are already on it, to the tune a billions of dollars of commitments.  Put that in the context of what you said, plus the fact that the US still has a trade embargo with Cuba, we have an interesting situation.  The danger is there, even from an exploratory rig.  You take it from here.

]]> Long story short, Cuba thinks it has found a giant oil field on the Cuban Banks.  They are going to develop oil fields right off Florida.  I don't know if it's within 150 miles but it's going to be huge, because the Norwegian explorers and Chinese builders are already on it, to the tune a billions of dollars of commitments.  Put that in the context of what you said, plus the fact that the US still has a trade embargo with Cuba, we have an interesting situation.  The danger is there, even from an exploratory rig.  You take it from here.

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