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• Wednesday, June 18, 2008 01:21 PM

  Disingenuous

  I would hope Andrew Leonard could give it a better shot than this. He, like most of the far left, phrase the issue on drilling offshore as a zero sum game, as if the minute we start drilling offshore we stop investing in alternative fuel sources? For that to happen, the price of oil would have to come down significantly, and the far left is already telling us this will not happen - so why worry? This is a similar tactic used with regard to drilling and the fuzzy Polar Bear, as if drilling meant imminent doom for the Bear, instead of both being able to thrive side by side. Take Brazil for instance, they are held up as one of the standard bearers of alternative energy sources, and yet the minute they discovered 55 Billion barrels of crude off their coast, they didn't fret about ruining their beautiful beaches and tourism, they planned to stick a giant vacuum in that deposit and pump away, regardless of their success with biofuels. So why is it the likes of Mr. Leonard think the U.S. is the only country who would be smart not to tap their own resources? Why is he comfortable to let China drill 50 miles off the coast of Florida, providing good jobs to Chinese and Cuban workers, but not the U.S.? Does he believe the Chinese will be better at protecting our environment? What about Canada and Europe, who drill everytime they find a source, in addition to looking for alternative sources? Why is it Mr. Leonard thinks the U.S. should be the ONLY country in the world who shouldn't develop a short term (more drilling & exploration), and a long term solution (nuclear and alternatives)concurrently? What is he afraid of and not saying?

  —pacificaharry Read pacificaharry's other letters
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