<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for McCain calling for offshore drilling, renewables, and conservation in energy speech]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by morganmghee http://www.grist.org/article/texas-hold-em/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:06:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/texas-hold-em/1 Lets do the Math

I've never been good at math, or even numbers, so I had to spell it out to get it right.

Per Senator Mccain, we (U.S.) have 21 billion barrels. (see above)
According to the Energy Information Administration, Official Energy Statistics from the US Government, we are using (as of Apr08) 9.921 (let's just call it 10)million barrels per day. (an increase of (0.303) million barrels per day from March 2008)http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publica ...

So,
10 million (barrels per day) times 365 (days in a year) = three billion six hundred fifty million (barrels of oil per day)

21 billion (barrels available total) divided by 3 billion six hundred fifty million (barrels needed per year) = 5.75342466 Years of oil available.

It will take 10 years to see any oil from the venture, it will cost billions to achieve, it will only prolong our withdrawals, it will probably do irreparable harm to the very delicate and already damaged off and near shore ocean environments, it may do harm to what is left of the ocean flora, the largest producer of oxygen on the planet,

    AND IT WILL ONLY LAST FOR 5 AND 3/4 YEARS

Someone else can take that percentage of increase per month and follow it out, this is all that I can manage.  The only Republicans that should be standing for this bit of bad business are the R's holding big oil company stocks.  

Will the big oil companies pinkie promise to spend all of their (our) profits on developing alternative energies?  Will they promise that these last 5 and 3/4 years will be the end of fossil fuel dominance in America?  Will they promise to give up their holdings if they fail?  

If they aren't willing to bend to the market, and insist on buying special treatment and pushing technologies on us that we no longer desire, if they aren't willing to risk it all then I'm not willing to let them our offshore environment. Because that's what drilling will be, risking it all.



]]> Lets do the Math

I've never been good at math, or even numbers, so I had to spell it out to get it right.

Per Senator Mccain, we (U.S.) have 21 billion barrels. (see above)
According to the Energy Information Administration, Official Energy Statistics from the US Government, we are using (as of Apr08) 9.921 (let's just call it 10)million barrels per day. (an increase of (0.303) million barrels per day from March 2008)http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publica ...

So,
10 million (barrels per day) times 365 (days in a year) = three billion six hundred fifty million (barrels of oil per day)

21 billion (barrels available total) divided by 3 billion six hundred fifty million (barrels needed per year) = 5.75342466 Years of oil available.

It will take 10 years to see any oil from the venture, it will cost billions to achieve, it will only prolong our withdrawals, it will probably do irreparable harm to the very delicate and already damaged off and near shore ocean environments, it may do harm to what is left of the ocean flora, the largest producer of oxygen on the planet,

    AND IT WILL ONLY LAST FOR 5 AND 3/4 YEARS

Someone else can take that percentage of increase per month and follow it out, this is all that I can manage.  The only Republicans that should be standing for this bit of bad business are the R's holding big oil company stocks.  

Will the big oil companies pinkie promise to spend all of their (our) profits on developing alternative energies?  Will they promise that these last 5 and 3/4 years will be the end of fossil fuel dominance in America?  Will they promise to give up their holdings if they fail?  

If they aren't willing to bend to the market, and insist on buying special treatment and pushing technologies on us that we no longer desire, if they aren't willing to risk it all then I'm not willing to let them our offshore environment. Because that's what drilling will be, risking it all.



]]> Comment #2 by parkprotector http://www.grist.org/article/texas-hold-em/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:45:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/texas-hold-em/2 Texas sidestep

Based on a White House press release today calling for increased offshore drilling, it appears the distance McCain has moved from the Bush administration can only be measured in inches.. Maybe he's learning a new dance...the Texas Sidestep (from the movie "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) from the experts on Pennsylvania Avenue. Make a PC speech that makes everything a priority, then promote a thinly-disguised course of business as usual. Continued crisis management and short-sighted planning have gotten us where we are, but are not going to protect our country's future.

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Based on a White House press release today calling for increased offshore drilling, it appears the distance McCain has moved from the Bush administration can only be measured in inches.. Maybe he's learning a new dance...the Texas Sidestep (from the movie "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) from the experts on Pennsylvania Avenue. Make a PC speech that makes everything a priority, then promote a thinly-disguised course of business as usual. Continued crisis management and short-sighted planning have gotten us where we are, but are not going to protect our country's future.

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