McCain and the Oil Rig

John McCain spoke from an oil rig today. This speaking engagement was delayed by hurricane Dolly in July so he had to wait to get out in front of the press to say that more offshore drilling was the answer. I have two things to say about this; 1) This oil field didn't start producing until 10 years after it's discovery and 2) Hurricanes routinely force workers off the rigs and stop drilling/pumping in addition to delaying candidates from stumping on them. If trends continue for more hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and we are more dependent on oil drilled from said Gulf won't we have more instances of shut down if not damaged rigs?


You can find Sen. Obama's energy plan here.

Comments

Jaded said…
your blurb was longer than the actual article. and it takes TIME to get oil out of the ground?!? i'm shocked. appalled! stop all oil production because it takes TIME! (i hope you feel me rolling my eyes.)
5:19 PM
James said…
the argument is to drill now though . . so i'm confused about how drilling now is a short term fix for gas prices which is what mccain was touting. If it takes 10 years to develop a long term solution why not go renewable? Cleaner air, more efficient vehicles, oh yeah but it would be hard and we might have to sacrifice! ;)
4:52 AM
Jaded said…
shooting yourself in the foot to make sure the gun works is also a sacrifice. that doesn't make it a good idea.
6:49 PM
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