Posted by
Conservabear on Monday, August 04, 2008 8:21:49 PM
Dear Congressman, Robert E. Andrews,
I am asking you to reconsider your opposition to offshore oil drilling and its potential impact to the economy, our nation's security and autonomy as a sovereign nation.
I support offshore drilling off the coast of New Jersey for the following reasons.
1. Oil Drilling relieves the surplus oil pressure under the ocean floor thereby alleviating natural oil seepage through cracks and crevices. Unchecked natural seepage of petroleum oil causes contamination of water and beaches and if it remains unchecked will equal the Exxon Valdez oil spill in a few years.
2. Oil rigs encourage the flourishing of marine life by providing a manufactured reef that attracts said marine life.
3. Marine Biologists and other Environmental Scientists work closely with oil companies to maintain a balanced, safe, and marine friendly environment.
4. Oil rigs are usually located many miles from the shoreline and therefore have little effect on the appearance of the shoreline or its impact on the tourism industry.
4A. China is drilling some 50 or 60 miles from our coast for Cuba no less. Why therefore, are we not permitted?
5. There are over 4000 products made from, with or containing petroleum, distillates and by products. Not only gasoline and diesel are effected but anything that has a combustible engine such as ships including fishing vessels, people and cargo air and water transports, pharmaceuticals, plastics and building supplies, cleaning products etc and don't forget the people who use oil for home heating in the winter who cannot afford to retrofit their houses for natural gas or other alternative fuels.
6. Your constituents who need oil to heat their homes.
7. It will not take 10 years to make an impact on the oil supply. Some estimates say as little as 3 years and if we start now it may take even less.
8. Bill Clinton gave the same 10-year excuse for not drilling and we could have had oil by now.
9. The Republicans and Bush administration had almost 8 years to increase oil production and did nothing.
10. The Republicans are seeing the errors of their ways and attempting to correct the situation but they need your help.
11. Oil is a national security issue due to its effect on our economy.
12. We need to be energy independent from foreign oil especially from unfriendly nations.
13. Global warming is a theory only it depends on computer models and not hard exact science of which there is so little.
14. Until we can develop better more efficient, cleaner, safer energy alternatives, we need to use the natural resources God Gave Us.
15. Plants and Trees love carbon dioxide experiments have shown plants grow larger and healthier in an environment rich in carbon dioxide.
16. Encourage oil-profits to be used for development and successful implementation of green energies.
17. Oil companies and other existing energy companies know far more than we do about how to produce energy. Would you go to your barber to clean and repair your teeth?
18. If our economy goes down the tube, so do any means of supporting ourselves or providing for charitable causes.
19. Nancy Pelosi appears to be running for dictator of the US.
20. The people demand it and the country needs it.
Thank You for Your Kind Consideration to This Matter.
Sincerely,
Mrs. LMH