Originally Posted by
iahflyr
Consider me as one of the 50% or so Americans who does not support your blanket statement of unlimited drilling within the US.
I am against offshore drilling and I am against drilling in ANWR. If we can get some oil shale out in Wyoming, or crude oil out in other areas in the US without damaging the environment too much, I would be for it (I think most people, including most environmentalists would support that).
Screw the environment. Drilling offshore, ANWR, and everywhere else can be done quite easily without endangering it. What is more important to some of you? The price of gasoline or where a Moose decides to take a dump?
The
real reason why environmentalists don't support drilling has nothing to do with "damaging the environment", because even they know technology makes it very hard to do so. No, environmentalists know that expensive gas will force many people to stop driving SUV's and many other vehicles they don't like. In other words, environmentalists want to dictate what people drive and they will say anything to try and accomplish their goals.