Dear Readers:
After weeks and months of telling us that domestic drilling will not solve our problems at the pump, on Friday 05/13/2011 President Barack Obama directed his Energy and Interior Departments to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska's coast and holding more frequent lease sales in a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska. This on its face should come as welcome news.
The question is what caused this change in tune? A couple of reasons come to mind. First is people are not stupid. Long range goals of alternative sources of energy are a good thing, but it does not get people and goods back and forth today. It does not help people who are financially strapped thin now. People know that tightening supplies or increasing the costs of production or exploration will not lower the price of energy. The increase or promise of increase in supply was the only answer to the problems of now, and now is the only thing that counts.
People eat now. People go to work now. People maintain their homes now. The increased dollars going to these things remove from the economy dollars that would go to other discretionary spending that people and businesses would spend on other items. The increased cost of petroleum brought on by the policies of this administration and the devalued dollar brought on by the policies of the Federal Reserve Board have cause a 14% spike in the cost of food. No person running for re-election could succeed in that quest under these circumstances.
That is the key President Obama is running for re-election and he is not a stupid man. His internal poles showed that he was being held responsible for these circumstances. He was not telling the people what they wanted to hear about the problems of now. He kept talking about later.
So you have Obama saying he wants to ramp up US oil production by extending existing leases and holding more frequent lease sales. However you have a catch that goes unmentioned. The EPA has to approve 'em. EPA can dawdle, EPA can disapprove them, EPA can not take action. It is his EPA led by his appointments. Personally I will believe that he is intent on more oil drilling when he removes the moratorium.
This is my opinion, you may beg to differ.
Anthony J. Bazzo
You can read more politics on Bazzo at Work or going to http:ltpbazzo.wordpress.com.
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
All articles re-printed in this blog from the North County News are with the permission of Bruce Apar Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
05/23/11
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