For some damn reason even people I considered to have an education are singing some praise toward the Repubs who decided to throw a fit in congress because they did not get their oil masters a ton of new drilling rights.
If one has any kind of education they will know instantly that we CANT drill out of this mess. Yet people still hope against all reason that republicans are not selling them to the highest bidder.
This will likely continue as desperate republicans go back to their old roots to desperately suck on the tit of their oil masters to try to hold their seats in congress.. Their numbers are falling and their chances are failing...
If this is the case we need to begin to absorb the knowledge to give to others who think drilling for oil is going to save us.
Lets defeat this Republican Trickery before it becomes an asset to them!
Ok so we know that A) Republicans are desperate B) Republicans will lose a number of seats this year and C) They have little to lose and much to gain by using BS at this point.
So if you expect this to go away.. Think again! Republicans will use every price increase to try to paint democrats as obstructionists... And because the current congress has the track record of a torn piece of paper.. There is a slight chance they may fold in the future.
So lets get started! How do we stop this madness?
Well the best method in my view is simply education.
#1 Point people to the construction times and deployment times for offshore wells and oil fields...
#2 Point out the rapid growth of China and how much oil it is demanding..
#3 Point out that refineries in the US are almost 100 percent ALL the time! What does this mean? That oil that gets drilled up will end up helping CHINA!!! Either by being shipped there or by the small reduction in world oil prices being gobbled up by them with a big. Thank you note...
#4 Now this may anger some environmentalists but in this case it matters little.. Point out the vast coal reserves we have in the US. Note how coal has been feeding our grid and will continue to feed the grid until we find better alternatives such as full spectrum solar and Fusion..
#5 Point out better storage solutions in the works currently. A GREAT blog to point out is this one by Rei http://www.dailykos.com/...
All and all opening more land up for drilling will do little to nothing to help the situation and will more than likely end up harming the economy even more as China buys up the cheaper oil.
Don't let your friends and family fall for the republican trickery. The repubs know oil busting solutions are right around the corner and they are scared.