• Have the US refineries stop selling oil to the Far East. It would change things dramatically.
These wells are already established, and shipped away. ( PC- I believe one is not to use the term ‘Far East’ anymore. I don’t know the current phrasing- mea culpa)
• No one but political lobbyists would pull back on an issue as divided as this during an election. Not this hot potato. No way.
• Dutch Shell Oil left behind open pit oil run off that they left behind after the oil drilling- areas tapped out, in different parts of the world, NOT as regulated- in enviromental disasters zones. Pictures of children playing nearby abandoned areas and open pits, were very upsetting.
• Putin, that crafty devil, is running amok the northeastern and tundra areas (think Siberia) without regard for anything nor any environmental impacts- including endangered wildlife and habitats. Scared yet? His oil- where is it all going… Any guesses?
Oh, and check the oceanic currents from any of his close coastal drilling around there. Oopsie!
• Alaskans garnered record amounts of money refunds this year, for profit payout-‘reimbursements’ for each individual as a yearly ‘take’, such as exists in this resources race there. That’s why they welcome drilling.
This fight. All fights. We’re not looking healthy in the future.
Well- I could add that stupid, stupid fracking is wrong, causing earthquakes and ground poisoning in areas they’ve never recorded such occurrences before? No One is paying attention. More resources…
A portion of eastern Ohio- the natural gas companies paid workers to go through all property ownerships and deeds records forcefully claiming the rights under these people’s homes and farms! To frack! Many of these properties had been owned for generations. Some were making some extra $ by having an old oil well on their properties. A paltry amount- but helpful in poorer areas…but to be told you only own your land down to a certain level? Forced fracking right from the big boys- those same oil bits and dabs-were shut down. Gotta frack! On these folk’s own properties!
No conscience. Anywhere.
The best of all- our great and wonderful Governor John Kasich- the Republican presidential hopeful- what a guy! He made a deal$ with Pennsylvania to accept their dirty fracking water for places which he said were ok to dump that dirty poison underground within Ohio! Toxic, much? Even when PA stopped the fracking because of the dangers- Johnny ok’d more fracking in Ohio- attempting to get state/national parkland’s rights to go and frack there!
Obama being able to control this???
Are you kidding?
Sorry for length.
Upset- a bit. Sad, a lot.
As the old Pogo comic strip once said: “We have met the enemy- and he is us!”