Comments on: Regula on Energy

By: Mark McNally

Mark McNally — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:32:39 +0000

"Uhh we wont need oil in 10 years!"

Because we will all be going to work on flying unicorns.

By: nickels magee

nickels magee — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:47:11 +0000

Congress will miss a guy like Regula in there.

By: DA

DA — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:19:19 +0000

Uhh we wont need oil in 10 years!

By: The Nose

The Nose — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:59:19 +0000

I just went to the car dealership to buy my brand new Honda Deathbox with a windmill attached to the roof. They said they don't have that yet, so I guess we still need to use gas. Just the mere mention of drilling causes gas prices to drop, not to mention thatmore Americans are inflating their tires (thanks Barack Muhammed).

By: angry conserv

angry conserv — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:57:10 +0000

Why in the hell is the rest of the world drilling for oil? Dont they realize that what litle they do recover is of no importance and the negligble impact will not occur for 10-20 years. It is time for the Dems. and all right thinking progressives to demand that the rest of the world fall in line.—GOOD LUCK

By: jimmy james

jimmy james — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:09:45 +0000

Not even a minute into the interview and Regula is spouting the meme that no spills or damage resulted from hurricanes Rite or Katrina. This is false:

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused 124 Offshore Spills For A Total Of 743,700 Gallons. 554,400 gallons were crude oil and condensate from platforms, rigs and pipelines, and 189,000 gallons were refined products from platforms and rigs.

http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/581/44814183_MMS_Katrina_Rita_PL_Final%20Report%20Rev1.pdf

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused Six Offshore Spills Of 42,000 Gallons Or Greater. The largest of these was 152,250 gallons, well over the 100,000 gallon threshhold considered a “major spill.”

http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2006/press0501.htm

In addition, the hurricanes caused disastrous spills onshore throughout southeast Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast as tanks, pipelines, refineries and other industrial facilities were destroyed, for a total of 595 different oil spills. The 9 million gallons reported spilled were comparable with the Exxon Valdez’s 10.8 million gallons, but unlike the Exxon Valdez, were distributed throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf Coast states, many in residential areas. The most massive spills included:

– The Bass Enterprises Cox Bay spill of 3.78 million gallons of oil, the largest spill caused by the hurricanes

– The Murphy Oil spill in Mereaux, LA of 819,000 gallons of oil, contaminating 1,700 homes and the local high school

As the Houston Chronicle reported in 2005:

The quantity and cumulative magnitude of the 595 spills, which were spread across four states and struck offshore and inland, rank these two hurricanes among the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3457319.html

By: The Reverend

The Reverend — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:25:10 +0000

Drill everywhere because the environment is not harmed as badly as one might think…..and drill despite the fact that it will have no impact on gasoline prices for 10-20 years….and drill despite the fact that when that new oil finally hits the market, it will have no impact on world supply and demand or the pricing thereof.

Time to retire.