> ...knowledge about oil and gas depends on your > knowledge of the industry, not your proximity > to oil wells. > This is a joke, right?
> in fact proximity to oil wells means proximity > to oil companies and their lobbying money. > Maybe we should ask Joe Biden about that, since he's been a Washington insider for 36 years. > I suggest she study the studies at the Energy > Information Administration which make very clear > that additional offshore drilling in US will have > "insignificant" impact on gasoline prices and not > any impact for about 9 yrs. > We're 9 years too late, but that's no excuse to not begin now. But in an election, appearances mean a lot, so it's pretty apparent who wants to do the drilling and who wants to do nothing but check tire air pressure. > So I'd say Palin's proximity to big oil money is > what's key here. > "Amid $135 oil, it ought to be an easy, bipartisan victory to lift the political restrictions on energy exploration and production. Record-high fuel costs are hitting consumers and business like a huge tax increase. Yet the U.S. remains one of the only countries in the world that chooses as a matter of policy to lock up its natural resources. The Chinese think we're insane and self-destructive, while the Saudis laugh all the way to the bank." Read more: '$4 Gasbags' Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/6cq3mf
