You Republicans Are A Silly Bunch.

[Jim DeVito]

You cry and complain about not getting to drill just off the coast. Then when we say you can have the offshore areas to drill but you will have to pay for it by giving back generous tax breaks for the oil company, you get all hot and bothered and cry veto.

In the pocket of big oil? No, Not bush a crew!

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[Jim O'Bryan]

You cry and complain about not getting to drill just off the coast. Then when we say you can have the offshore areas to drill but you will have to pay for it by giving back generous tax breaks for the oil company, you get all hot and bothered and cry veto.

In the pocket of big oil? No, Not bush a crew!

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I got a kick out of Olberman last night that had a Republican Congresswoman on who said, it would not matter.

Oil companies were given right to drill in 45,000 acres in the past two years, and they have no even gone on to the property. This is property they lobbied to get open for oil drilling that was park lands.

Nothing.

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[Stephen Eisel]

You cry and complain about not getting to drill just off the coast. Then when we say you can have the offshore areas to drill but you will have to pay for it by giving back generous tax breaks for the oil company, you get all hot and bothered and cry veto.

In the pocket of big oil? No, Not bush a crew!

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I got a kick out of Olberman last night that had a Republican Congresswoman on who said, it would not matter.

[b]Oil companies were given right to drill in 45,000 acres [/b]in the past two years, and they have no even gone on to the property. This is property they lobbied to get open for oil drilling that was park lands.

Nothing.

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How about the other 574,000,000 acres?

[Jim DeVito]

How about the other 574,000,000 acres?

Of what? Land you would like to drill on?

[sharon kinsella]

I think it should start with Stephen's front yard.

[Stephen Eisel]

How about the other 574,000,000 acres?

Of what? Land you would like to drill on?

off the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coast....

[Stephen Eisel]

I think it should start with Stephen's front yard.

If there is oil in my front yard then go ahead and drill....

[Jim DeVito]

I think it should start with Stephen's front yard.

If there is oil in my front yard then go ahead and drill....

You are going to regret saying that when you find me under the cover of darkness digging a really big hole in you front yard.

[Bill Call]

You cry and complain about not getting to drill just off the coast. Then when we say you can have the offshore areas to drill but you will have to pay for it by giving back generous tax breaks for the oil company, you get all hot and bothered and cry veto.

The new energy bill is a farce.

It will prohibit drilling on 95% of the continental shelf.

In the event that an individual State approves drilling on a portion of the 5% approved for drilling the bill will prohibit the state from collecting any fees or taxes on that oil. All of the tax revenue would go to the federal government. How likely is it that a state will approve drilling when it can collect tno money?

The bill will increase energy taxes on gasoline and home heating oil.

The bill will provide billions of tax dollars to companies owned by the political allies of Nancy Pelosi.

In short the bill will result in no new oil drilling.

The reason oil companies do not drill on all of the land they lease is because not all the land they lease contains any recoverable oil.

[Stan Austin]

The reason oil companies do not drill on all of the land they lease is because not all the land they lease contains any recoverable oil.[/quote]

Bill---Why did they lease it in the first place? Your argument is bizarre.

Stan

[Stephen Eisel]

I think it should start with Stephen's front yard.

If there is oil in my front yard then go ahead and drill....

You are going to regret saying that when you find me under the cover of darkness digging a really big hole in you front yard.

look out for the weeds

[Jim DeVito]

The bill will increase energy taxes on gasoline and home heating oil.

Good.

The bill will provide billions of tax dollars to companies owned by the political allies of Nancy Pelosi.

Prove it. Facts to back that up?

The reason oil companies do not drill on all of the land they lease is because not all the land they lease contains any recoverable oil.

Stan brings up a good point. Sounds kind of dumb. What are they waiting for oil to grow?

[Stephen Eisel]

The bill will increase energy taxes on gasoline and home heating oil.

Good.

The bill will provide billions of tax dollars to companies owned by the political allies of Nancy Pelosi.

Prove it. Facts to back that up?

The reason oil companies do not drill on all of the land they lease is because not all the land they lease contains any recoverable oil.

Stan brings up a good point. Sounds kind of dumb. What are they waiting for oil to grow?

Nancy Pelosi does have a couple thousand shares in Clean Energy Fuels Corp... .

[Stephen Eisel]

The reason oil companies do not drill on all of the land they lease is because not all the land they lease contains any recoverable oil.

Bill---Why did they lease it in the first place? Your argument is bizarre.

Stan[/quote]

http://blogs.unionleader.com/andrew-cline/?p=1179

If oil companies didn’t lease that surrounding land, competitors could simply step in and drill down to the oil reserves — without having to spend the millions to find the oil. It’s as if the guy next to you put his straw in your milkshake and started drinking. What company would risk hundreds of millions of dollars without the protection provided by the ability to lease — and not develop — surrounding space?

Today, some of these leases are going undeveloped because the rigs and men to do the drilling simply are not available. There’s a manpower shortage and an equipment shortage.

The shortage of drill rigs, both onshore and offshore, is preventing oil companies from accessing known oil reserves. Industry sources I spoke with today say that most rigs are already leased for years, and there simply aren’t enough to meet demand. The New York Times confirms this with a story today on the shortage of drill ships.

Shea-Porter implies that oil companies are not drilling on leased land (offshore and onshore) so they can keep supply short and prices high. The evidence does not suggest that. And I ran that theory by some people with experience in oil exploration but not employed by oil companies, and they all rejected it out of hand. They said there are many legitimate reasons why oil companies don’t develop the majority of the federal territory they lease, and forcing them to develop it will have no effect but to waste money. Better to let them develop areas (such as off the Atlantic coast) where they know oil is but are forbidden by law from extracting it.

[Jim DeVito]

HAHA That's funny. Reminds me of the days of building fences and "Jim and Joe's Slant Drilling Co."

There was also an episode of the Simpsons where Burns Slant Drilling Co. stuck the straw in the school' oil well. Anyway still sounds kind of dumb.

Nancy Pelosi does have a couple thousand shares in Clean Energy Fuels Corp... .

Right, I am sorry. God forbid Clean Energy Fuel Co. gets money slated to go to Big Oil.