Ban on Offshore Drilling to expire
Just caught this news. It looks as though the ban on offshore drilling in the United States will be allowed to expire. There is an expectation that there will be restrictions placed on offshore drilling (Florida offshore drilling is apparently controlled by separate bill.)
Our Best Solution is a Highly Diversified Energy Plan
In the last several decades there has been an argument over the energy policy in the United States. On the one side there are efforts to allow for more oil discovery and drilling, greater refinery capacity, etc. The other side says NO drilling that fossil fuels are bad and we need to invest in their replacements. The problem is that in all of this there has been little real progress. Yes, our technologies are improving, but the reality is that we need to develop a broad, comprehensive and DIVERSE energy security plan. Drilling for more oil alone will not answer our energy problems, neither will investing in ONLY wind and solar. I’m not saying this to