I just don't understand what a moratorium on drilling new deep water wells will accomplish. We can study the safety issues at the same time they are drilling. It is not like the majority of deep water wells have had accidents. The vast majority of deep water wells are doing just fine.

Does that mean we can ignore the problem? Not at all. The industry and the government needs to study this and develop ways to mitigate the risks and to regulate the industry to limit the risk and the potential damage.

But none of that requires a moratorium on drilling.

It looks to me that this moratorium is more emotionally driven than logically driven. :yep:

I would be in favour of a moratorium if the moratorium would actually accomplish something good. In my opinion, this has not been demonstrated yet.

Appeasement of the far left constituants is about all. It's not like other countries arent out there drilling.

Meanwhile another judge pretty much says "Oh yea?... Here take that !!!"

Quote:

NEW ORLEANS -- The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.wdsu.com/news/23997498/detail.html

remember their favorite slogan?

"dont let any emergency go to waste when you can use it to forward your agenda in some way"

they wanted to stop all use of coal and oil production since he got in office so they dont want to stop the oil, it helps them more each day it leaks and you see oil soaked birds on tv.

say hello to $12 a gallon gas and goverment subsidised windmills and solar panels in every city in america that only produce enough power to ration how many hours a day you have electricity to use

Obama's socialist utopia goal is for everything you do in life to depend on the goverment in some form