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March 24, 2005
Where will the oil go?
I don't think any of us like to be deceived. But it's so easy to feel that way sometimes when we don't know if we can trust our politicians. When they are elected we trust them to be making decisions and taking actions with honesty and integrety. But sometimes we find out about alterior motives, like a president who swings deals to make his buddies rich, or sweeting his own holdings. Of course it's never so public and my guess is we don't hear about a lot of the things that go on unless someone gets caught.
Last night I felt a twinge of being deceived. Someone asked the question, "With this new drilling, where is that oil going to go?" Then they answered their question, "That oil is going to be sold to Japan and other countries overseas."
I had not heard that viewpoint before and if that's the case, then the only reason we are drilling there is to fatten a cash cow. And it's not reducing our dependence on foreign oil, because since the new oil is being sold, we still have to obtain oil from other sources to feed our country's consumption. On top of that, we'd be increasing these asian countries dependence on our oil.
This is why I feel like President Bush is deceiving everyone. I'm sure since we elected him he's going to act with integrity and honesty right? I'm almost afraid to find out where this oil is going.
Posted by carl1236 at March 24, 2005 7:59 AM | Attitude
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Any pretense of lessening our dependence on foreign oil is disingenuous at best when any attempts at conservation are promptly shot dead by the same people who are concerned about dependence on foreign oil. The only TV show I watch regularly is Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Last week he had Governor Murkowski of Alaska on via satellite. The governor assured Bill and his viewers that the oil most certainly would not be exported but would, in fact, be used to lessen our dependence on foreign sources. For two minutes, I thought he seemed sincere. But then, as I thought about it, I realized that he has no idea where the ANWR oil will go. He's not the CEO of Exxon, he's the governor of Alaska. His reassurances are empty at best - about like me promising to raise fuel efficiency standards in the entire line of cars and trucks produced by GM.
The other thing that the governor mentioned in that interview, repeatedly, was that neither he, nor anyone else, actually knows how much oil is there. In other words, any promises about ANWR reducing our foreign oil consumption by x% is BS. Nobody really knows.
Posted by: Jim at March 24, 2005 9:09 AM