Comments on: Earth Day – more than just the environment http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/ Sat, 26 May 2012 10:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tx2vadem http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16834 tx2vadem Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:29 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16834 We import a total of 3.57 billion barrels of crude oil a year. That is 9.8 million barrels per day. That is a huge hole to fill. We won't have a good idea of what is out there until we do some exploration. But I wouldn't put a lot of money into this placing a significant dent in our imports. This is ultimately a federal issue. We need to lift the moratorium in total, not piecemeal. The larger returns are most likely off the coasts of Florida and California. Lifting the moratorium as a whole would probably put a significant dent in imports. This lease off Virginia's coast, probably not. We import a total of 3.57 billion barrels of crude oil a year. That is 9.8 million barrels per day. That is a huge hole to fill. We won’t have a good idea of what is out there until we do some exploration. But I wouldn’t put a lot of money into this placing a significant dent in our imports.

This is ultimately a federal issue. We need to lift the moratorium in total, not piecemeal. The larger returns are most likely off the coasts of Florida and California. Lifting the moratorium as a whole would probably put a significant dent in imports. This lease off Virginia’s coast, probably not.

]]> By: The Write Side of My Brain » More Reading Assignments http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16802 The Write Side of My Brain » More Reading Assignments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:49:59 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16802 [...] Day - more than just the environment Bearing Drift Earth Day represents a moment during the year when people worldwide can contemplate the human [...] [...] Day – more than just the environment Bearing Drift Earth Day represents a moment during the year when people worldwide can contemplate the human [...]

]]> By: Britt Howard http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16799 Britt Howard Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:45:07 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16799 What gets me about the heavy handed government regulation you speak of is the newish mandate that incandescent bulbs go the way of the dinosaur. Soon we will only be able to purchase the more expensive compact fluorescent bulbs that are loaded with mercury! What will that extra mercury do to the environment? Will there be mercury scares in the future? Will people be even more afraid to eat fish over concerns that they're already exposed to too much mercury? Lead poisoning bad - Mercury poisoning good? What gets me about the heavy handed government regulation you speak of is the newish mandate that incandescent bulbs go the way of the dinosaur. Soon we will only be able to purchase the more expensive compact fluorescent bulbs that are loaded with mercury!

What will that extra mercury do to the environment? Will there be mercury scares in the future? Will people be even more afraid to eat fish over concerns that they’re already exposed to too much mercury?

Lead poisoning bad – Mercury poisoning good?

]]> By: Not V.I. Lenin http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16798 Not V.I. Lenin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:27:20 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16798 You're pretty close there, Mike. But I really think it is just a pagan attempt to overshadow Easter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! V.I. LENIN You’re pretty close there, Mike. But I really think it is just a pagan attempt to overshadow Easter.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

V.I. LENIN

]]> By: Mike Rothfeld http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16795 Mike Rothfeld Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:41:50 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16795 Earth Day = Kwanzaa A holiday for those with neither faith nor brains. Both should be equally ignored. regards Earth Day = Kwanzaa

A holiday for those with neither faith nor brains.

Both should be equally ignored.

regards

]]> By: JR Hoeft http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16794 JR Hoeft Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:16:18 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16794 Thanks, "blah." I'll make a note of this for the future. Thanks, “blah.” I’ll make a note of this for the future.

]]> By: blah http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16790 blah Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:45:37 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16790 JR- don't use "vice" as a substitute for "instead" or any other such word. I know it's especially popular in the military but it's terribly incorrect. JR- don’t use “vice” as a substitute for “instead” or any other such word. I know it’s especially popular in the military but it’s terribly incorrect.

]]> By: LittleDavid http://bearingdrift.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-more-than-just-the-environment/#comment-16787 LittleDavid Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:23:29 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=6058#comment-16787 J.R., On crabs I think you pose a valid point. But I do not think that until the measures you propose take effect the answer is to allow Virginia's crab fishers to harvest the Blue Crabs into extinction. J.R.,

On crabs I think you pose a valid point. But I do not think that until the measures you propose take effect the answer is to allow Virginia’s crab fishers to harvest the Blue Crabs into extinction.

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