Our Petulant and Chief

I've been a little out of sorts for the past couple of weeks with my job that actually pays the bills so my posts have been few and far between.

None the less, I can't let this one slide by.

President Petulant says that there's no silver bullet that could end the spike in oil prices. So like anyone else who doesn't want to deal with an issue, our sage president decides to have a meeting.

Now on this one I agree with this d-bag. There isn't one thing that's going to ease these energy spikes but there are a thousand little ones. Like this.............

Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.

Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The leases alone cost $2.2 billion. Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby says obtaining similar air permits for a drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico would take about 45 days. He’s especially frustrated over the appeal board’s suggestion that the Arctic drill would somehow be hazardous for the people who live in the area. “We think the issues were really not major,” Slaiby said, “and clearly not impactful for the communities we work in.”

The closest village to where Shell proposed to drill is Kaktovik, Alaska. It is one of the most remote places in the United States. According to the latest census, the population is 245 and nearly all of the residents are Alaska natives. The village, which is 1 square mile, sits right along the shores of the Beaufort Sea, 70 miles away from the proposed off-shore drill site.

The EPA’s appeals board ruled that Shell had not taken into consideration emissions from an ice-breaking vessel when calculating overall greenhouse gas emissions from the project. Environmental groups were thrilled by the ruling.

Are you freakin' kidding me?

Now class, let's pretend that you are an evil speculator. In fact, let's assume you're not an evil speculator but a poor black South Chicagoan who has to drive 30 miles one way to his job. Do you think this news will drive the price of gasoline in your tank up or down?

Now if you are a person who believes that democrats are the party of the poor and down trodden who do you think gets hurt by the price of oil more? Some rich dude who spends $100 to fill up his evil SUV or the poor South Chicagoan who spends 5% of his take home pay for gasoline and another 30% on food and clothing (directly impacted by the cost of energy)?

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