Oil Rant.

[grumpymuppet]

Interesting, McCain is calling for a lifting on the US ban on offshore Oil drilling, seems to me that of all the ways of extracting oil, offshore is probably one of the best, in terms of overall environmental impact, seems that in the US Coastal states they are all afraid of oil spills and damage to the tourist industry

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[mackers]

"seems to me that of all the ways of extracting oil, offshore is probably one of the best, in terms of overall environmental impact

[grumpymuppet]

Of course offshore oil drilling is an environmental nightmare, but it's a better idea than leaving oil under the sea relatively close by and heading off around the world to dig it out of the ground, in an unstable part of the world like Burma or the Middle East, ruining the environment there, (not to mention proping up some unpleasant regimes while your at it) and then putting it in a ship, with a Diesel Engine that could be up to 12,500 times bigger than you'd have in a 2 litre mini-van, running for thousands of miles at a top speed of around 30kmph to get it to market

[mackers]

"The only sane solution is ramp down oil dependancy and ramp up the other options

[grumpymuppet]

"You can say whatever you want to justify single-occupier car journeys, but the only actual sane solution is to build a society that isn't car-dependent