Front page Houston Chronicle reads this morning that They have cleared Shell to begin seeking permits to drill 130 miles off the coast of Louisianna. What I hate is this...and hate is a big word...less than one year has passed since the BP Horizon Spill leaked an estimated 206 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico which killed all types of wildlife, 10 people, left the gulf full of dispersants, and left oil still currently stuck to the Gulf floor.
Obama imposed a 7 year ban on drilling in the Gulf December 01, 2010 and in less than 4 months later that statement is as if it had never been uttered. Well I notice and I'm not pleased, quite frankly I'm angry. The drilling companies have leaned on the Obama Administration to allow drilling once again and now that the uprising in Libya has held up a curtain of distraction, they slipped it in under the labels of 'confidence' and 'heightened environmental standards'.
I paid spent $20 yesterday morning @ $3.55 per gallon that my car computer says is going to take me 95 miles. I'm being hustled. When Obama was sworn in gas prices were $1.89 a gallon, but have since risen to as high as $3.79. Right NOW the Conoco on Old Spanish Trail @ Kirby is $3.69. I've been paying on average $2.89 - $3.29 per gallon for what seems like forever, but that has held steady and I'm thinking about car pooling, catching some buses, syphoning some gas...something's gotta give. In one hand you take into consideration gas prices and Oil riggers being out of work, but in the other hand we must be held responsible for our environment.
If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably - Tony Blair
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