Should the US Continue Off Shore Drilling Despite The Spill?

[me]

  HEY, MAYBE THE TROLL WAS WRONG.

  We should have brought Sara in on this BIG PROBLEM IN THE GULF.  With her being the part time Governor from Alaska.  She could see Russia from Alaska and Alaska does have oil.

The Troll     

But she also knows we don't have 57 states. 

[Palehorse]

The EEZ's are marked on the above map from Wiki. . . As you can see the EEZ off of Florida is substantially adjusted in comparison to the rest of the nation. The 200 mile range is an average and while a good rule of thumb, not necessarily the case in all areas of the world. Some are larger, some are smaller, and some are under dispute.

Generally a state's EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles (370 km) out from its coastal baseline. The exception to this rule occurs when EEZs would overlap; that is, state coastal baselines are less than 400 nautical miles (740 km) apart. When an overlap occurs, it is up to the states to delineate the actual boundary. Generally, any point within an overlapping area defaults to the most proximate state. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_Economic_Zone#United_States

[Palehorse]

Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the U.S. Minerals Management Service which oversees offshore drilling, has been fired.

[Palehorse]

All new drilling stopped, all pending leases cancelled, all new areas opened to drilling now closed, including Alaska.

Commission established to determine root causes, review safety procedures, establish remediation for gaps and causes,
and validate same. No new permits for 6 months, and review of permit procedures will be conducted to ensure competency and safety.

- POTUS 27MAY2010

Well done Mr President. Now lets get this thing stopped!

[Sandy Eggo]

http://news.sciencemag.org/oilspill/

[Henry Hawk]

http://www.thewilltodrill.com/

New York, NY – (May 14, 2010) –  Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin arrived in New Orleans on Monday, May 3rd to take meetings regarding a potential feature film project based on an original screenplay he had written.  After two days of discussions, he found the majority of his conversations with the people he came to meet and people in the town were about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its potential impact on New Orleans and the State of Louisiana.  His mind immediately transitioned to working on what has now become an even greater priority.

Baldwin, his media company XtreMEDIA, and his crew quickly embarked upon the production of a documentary entitled THE WILL TO DRILL.   The film is to be a partisan exploration of the events that transpired after the explosion of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon and all that has transpired since.  Many are considering this to be an event that could be the worst environmental disaster to ever impact The American coast line.   Baldwin quickly launched into action bringing in a team of camera operators and headed straight to the 'ground zero' of the situation in Plaquemines Parrish, New Orleans.

Upon his arrival, Baldwin connected with Parrish President Billy Nungesser to start the process of understanding what the people of New Orleans were going through.  Much to his surprise he learned that the magnitude of the spill was far greater than he had heard.   Baldwin states, "In learning what the locals were going through, I immediately felt compelled to want to help and get involved in creating more awareness."   During this process Baldwin filmed all the while – interviewing local shrimpers, oysterman and fisherman.  Word quickly got out about Baldwin's presence in the area and his project.   Soon after that Baldwin was invited to join Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, aboard a Black Hawk Military helicopter with a contingency of other invited guests for a viewing of the marsh lands that had already been damaged.  He was overwhelmed by the amount of oil spanning out for miles over the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
Simultaneously, Actor Kevin Costner was visiting the area as he was presenting his technology that has the ability to separate oil from water in an event such as this.   Baldwin was able to capture this with his cameras showing a successful test of Costner's technology.

Consulting on the documentary is veteran independent motion picture distributor Paul Cohen, Director of the Torchlight Program at The Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts.  The College has agreed to lend its full support to Baldwin's efforts as well.  Baldwin and Cohen currently are in enroute to the Cannes International Film Festival to meet with various film makers and distributors for THE WILL TO DRILL.  Cohen will also be representing the Film School to celebrate it's graduates whose film "The Myth of the American Sleep Over" that has been selected for Critics Week.  Cohen was recently involved with the marketing of multiple independent motion pictures and most recently the Oscar winning documentary "The Cove."

For continued coverage please log onto www.thewilltodrill.com.

[rotflmao]

Now this is scary, Troll and I agree on something.    Was that sound I heard hell freezing over?     

Me too, that was a smart answer.

[me]

Me too, that was a smart answer.

Ya, Troll isn't dumb by any means just has a different slant on most things than I do. 

[me]

Ya know I had a thought last night.  Wonder if it's a case of the rig workers know exactly what to do to stop it and the people "in the know" won't listen to them.  A lot of times those college educated brainiacs let logic and common sense escape them because it isn't in the book so they think it won't/can't work when someone who works in the field every day has more practical knowledge.

[Sandy Eggo]

Epistemophobiac

[me]

Epistemophobiac

Glad to know you finally realized what your problem is.  I'm sure with time and the right frame of mind you can be cured. 

[Sandy Eggo]

I'm rubber you're glue...skill-wise I'd give your come-back a pre-pre-school level of expertise. If YOU didn't have a fear of learning, then you could do better.

[me]

I'm rubber you're glue...skill-wise I'd give your come-back a pre-pre-school level of expertise. If YOU didn't have a fear of learning, then you could do better.

You do the rubber glue thing and you say my comeback was pre school???????    Here ya go time for your nap now. 

[Sandy Eggo]

Is your response an example of what you'd consider "logical" and "common sense"?

[me]

Is your response an example of what you'd consider "logical" and "common sense"?

Which response, the first one or the second one?   Well, don't matter really both were made from observations of the person making the statements.