On Dakota Voice and other blogs and news sites, on Fox News and MSNBC I have noticed that when the subject of drilling for American oil comes up the Leftist spokesmen respond that the benefits of drilling at home will be too little too late.
As a recent example, Bill Dennison, responded to a Dakota Voice post “Half of US Oil is Off Limits to Drilling” by claiming the US oil reserves are not enough to make any difference.
"If U.S. oil reserves (Alaska, Bakken, offshore and everywhere on U.S. territory) total an optimistic 150 Billion recoverable barrels that would replace our imports -- only our IMPORTS -- for approximately thirty five years. Then what?"
Thirty-five years!? Only IMPORTS? That, Bill, is exactly what we want to replace. Besides,I don’t believe that is all the oil there is, but if so, I’ll take it! That would give America the time to defeat terrorism, develop yet additional petroleum reserves, build nuclear power plants and advance alternative technologies. If not greater energy independence what is our alternative? Continue to pay the price demanded by our enemies in the Middle East so that they will have the wealth to continue to wage Jihad against the West?
Notice that the Democrats and Leftists do not bring up environmental concerns in their arguments against developing known oil reserves. They know that Americans dealing with 4 and 5 dollar per gallon gasoline and rising prices on groceries and most everything else are a little inpatient with enviro-whackos constantly whining and getting in the way of needed energy and development policies. Americans of all political persuasions are realizing that we cannot be held hostage to unfriendly countries, paying whatever they demand, and maintain our sovereignty and way of life. That is why it is so important for Republicans to seize this issue now and become the party of American strength and independence. (Unfortunately, John McCain is not the man to lead such a movement.)
But we can readily see which party in Congress is on the right side of the issue. Congressman Roy Blunt put together these data to highlight the differences between House Republicans and House Democrats on energy policy:
BY THE ISSUE
ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed
SUMMARY
91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas
86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas
Drill here. Drill now. Pay less.
CORRECTION: This post has been edited to remove a reference to another website that was erroneously mentioned and had nothing to do with persons named in this piece. My apologies to all, especially to loyal readers of Dakota Voice.
4 comments:
This breakdown clearly illustrates the stark difference between the two major political parties in America. They may be too close to each other in some areas, but this isn't one of them.
One party has clearly been for meeting America's energy needs, while the other has clearly been against it.
If I don't like America's precarious energy situation, and I don't like spending more than $4.00 a gallon for gas, I know which party to vote for in November.
I agree 100%, Full potential of Bakken is huge
try http://www.bakkenstocks.com for more info!
Excuse me, the Owner of Tehran 24 photoblog ( http://tehrandaily.wordpress.com ) is me (Amir Sadeghi) and i dont know why you introduced Mr " Bill Dennison" and linked his name to my site! would you explain please? I am from Tehran,Iran and not Germany.
Mr. Sadeghi, I am sorry if I was mistaken in my post about Bill Dennison being associated with your web site. Mr. Dennison left a comment to a previous post by Bob Ellis and his name linked to your website. I searched his name and found other references to "Tehran 24" and numerous posts by Mr. Ellison that suggested that he holds sentiments supportive of the current regime in Iran and that he is located in Freiberg, Germany.
It is possible that I made a connection between Mr. Dennison and "Tehran 24" that was not warranted, and I apologize if this has caused you any consternation.
I have decided to take the piece down in the belief that I made an error and the hope that you and the readers of Dakota Voice will forgive my mistake.
The original post by Mr. Ellis with the comment by Bill Dennison can be found here:
http://www.dakotavoice.com/2008/06/half-of-us-oil-is-off-limits-to.html#comments
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