On Dec 1, 10:22 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message

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If I was dictator, I'd repeal a lot of useless regulations that stifle
capitalism. Such as the restrictions on drilling in Alaska.

--

Christopher A. Young;

I'm OK with that, as long as one thing changes: If a company slobs up the
place by breaking laws surrounding drilling, the CEO of the company is taken
away in handcuffs immediately, just as if he'd shot a cop and it was
recorded on videotape. No white collar treatment.

You make it sound like drilling for oil is a major source of
environmental damage. In fact, the record of drilling without
signifiicant harm to the environment over the last several decades is
pretty damn good. Just take a look at the Gulf of Mexico, which
presents a far greater challenge than drilling in a tiny footprint on
land in ANWR. See any oil spills in the Gulf?? What happened during
Katrina? Many of the oil platforms were completely destroyed,
toppled over, sunk to the ocean floor. Did you see or hear any
reports of oil spills or leakage? No, because with current technology
it can be done with minimal risk.

Where has there been significant oil spills? From tankers
transporting oil, which is only more likely the more we import.

This big danger of drilling is just an environmental extremist myth,
perpetuated by radicals who are against every form of energy and
prefer to believe in fairy tails, like an electric car with no
emissions fueled by electricity just coming out of the wall in
unlimited amounts.