Drill alaska and anywhere else there is oil.
Bomb Sudam.
Slay Bin Hiding.

The sooner the better...the economy has gone to Sh*t in this area,and it is only a matter of time before your area economy goes to Sh*t.[it will do so sooner than later]and relying on forein oil is going to bite us in the as*eventually.

The longer these situations get dragged out,the worse the economy is going to get.

Interest rates are around 5.2% and yet hardly anyone is building new homes.
Why, because most people don't feel secure in there jobs,assuming they still have one.

A guy i know that works for Steelcase[office furniture] was telling me that the State of Michigan took it upon themselves to use his/are tax dollars to buy machinery for the state prisons,in order for them to make office furniture and in turn put him and thousands of others out of a job,not to mention all the supporting jobs a big Company like Steelcase supports.

I don't have much faith in politicians....Democrat or Republican on a state or national level,when you hear of some of the bonehead,money driven moves they make on a regular bassis.

 

I have a friend who has 6 wells out in midland and he won't pump unless it goes above 30 bucks a barrel and to say the least,he's pumping now, and making all kinds of money....he also owns another 10 wells that are shut down but says it would take about 15k to get them serviced and up and pumping(15k each)...but he gets a subsidy to keep them down...something about proven reserves....remember the boom of the 80's...what do you think happened to all the wells they drilled?...they didn't dry up thats for sure

 

an interesting article dated 1/30 about what would happen should the US make a swift and decisive victory in Iraq...... first of all the oil services company that the US Military would surely use to bring Irags fields back to pre 1990 production levels,hughes and halliburton,to mention a few, would be able to tap into a estimated cost of 25billion dollars and to double that output ,a estimated 54billion dollars then the price of oil would fall dramaticly with Iraq under US control until a goverment is formed and no viable sponsership in OPEC by Iraq to off set the new production output(what are they gonna do?stop producing?we'll just produce more there,remember all that cheap oil money goes back to the Iraqi people fo rebuilding thier country then the French who have had almost exclusive access to Iraqi fields would be shut out. the french equipment is not capadible with the US equipment sssoo we'd have to tear all of it out and replace it with US only,kinda like the French did when Saddam ran Hughes and baker along with Halliburton out in the mid 80's ....nnnooo wwwoonndeer the French don't want a war...weeelll paybacks are what they are

 

What you are repeating is another LIE propagated by the people
that don't want any economic development. There has been no exports of North Slope oil to Japan since 99, and even then it was only exported when West Coast plants could not handle anymore inventory. The truth is, there is no logical reason not to drill in Alaska. The REAL reason we don't is that the greenie wing of the Democratic party is one of their top fund raisers (I think only behind lawyers). Our country is losing out, people are out of work, and we are paying more at the pump because of POLITICS.


Mark

 

Hmmm...and we have to ask the question?--who has vested interested in BOTH Hughes and Halliburton? I wonder...kickbacks baby, and isn't Cheney under investigation for his business practices with Halliburton?--hmmm...it is really all about motive and anyone who tells you different is lying.

And BTW, I am from Alaska. Iraq oil is cheap. Alaska oil is not. And we are not just talking money. Ak.Silver2K where is Arco? And BTW, you cannot be the least bit biased seeing as you live in Valdez, and more than likely your job is based around the AK oil industry. Although I do agree with you, I just ask that you look at motive, and don't once assume that the administration cares in the least about Alaska oil or about decreasing our dependence on foreigh oil. It is small potatoes compared to the profits Halliburton et al is due post Iraq War part deux. In my view, America is an empire, and historically empires goal consist of controlling foreigh resources, land second. Oh, and I am in the military, so please don't call me some miserable liberal who wants to avoid war...all I ask is that we look at the motives

 

Jobs, for one, and lots of them. Alaska gets alot of money from the Federal budget that we would not need if we could develop some natural resources. And yes I am in Valdez and know the facts that surround the development of Alaska oil. As for Alaska oil being expensive, what does that mean? It goes for whatever the barrel price is that day. The pipeline is already there and would be used for any future fields develped on the slope so no further large pipeline construction would be needed. As for working for the oil industry, I dont, we have a family business that is not oil related. I am afraid you are one of those people that will always find a conspiracy somewhere, and I guess big oil is an easy target. Fact is, the oil is there, the infrastructure is also there for transport, and its development would provide an economic boost to all parts of our country.

Mark

 

Amen ...

One of the slickest lines in a novel that I read recently was
"I can't believe you all just burned all that petroleum that could
have been used for plastics, when Hydrogen was so easy to
crack from water!!!" This was purportedly after we RAN OUT
of petroleum and hence all the OTHER things that it is used in.

I love doomsday novels .... <grin>