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On Dec 1, 10:54 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Dec 1, 10:22 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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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.

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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.

Let me try this on you: A relatively tiny number of people commit
murder.
Should that statistic be used to determine the penalties for murder?-
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Since you can't refute the claim that drilling for oil has been done
repsonsibly for decades here without damage to the environment, you
now want to talk about comparing it to murder? The specific comment
was the ban on drilling in ANWR, Alaska which is based on the false
premise that it can't be done without destroying the environment.
You're proposing draconian penalties for a problem that doesn't
exist. And those draconian penalties would just be another roadblock
to energy development and economic progress.


I agree that problems are rare. Read that again, and don't respond to it
again.

**IF** problems are clear violations of the law, then there is no reason to
treat violators with kid gloves. It happens, though, because violators of
environmental laws tend to have friends in high places. You are fully aware
of that.