Should states allow oil drilling to offset state park maintenance costs?

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I actually support this.Should states allow oil drilling to offset state park maintenance costs?
I would be OK with it.Should states allow oil drilling to offset state park maintenance costs?
Sounds like a FINE idea. The beauty of the idea is that eventually, as we rape the parks more and more with oil derricks and such, there won't be ANY state parks left. Thereby eliminating the need for park maintenance forever. Let me emphasize that last word: FOREVER.





Yeah. Let's thank our RepubLican friends for that PERFECT solution.





After that, let's go after the National Parks. Then the beaches. All that frikkin environment is just sitting there making money for nobody anyway.
No. The oil producers have been sitting on 68 million acres of leased land which they could be drilling on right now. No additional land is needed by them. They just keep it to prevent competition from getting it and producing oil from it.





Bush, Democrats Bicker Over Soaring Energy Prices


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';Democrats support more drilling,'; he said. ';In fact, what the president hasn't told you is that the oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of federal lands with the potential to nearly double U.S. oil production. That is why in the coming days congressional Democrats will vote on 'Use It or Lose It' legislation requiring the big oil companies to develop these resources or lose their leases to someone else who will.';





May 13, 2008 CNN


';WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives voted to direct the Bush administration to stop filling the strategic petroleum reserve temporarily in an effort to alleviate increasing gas prices.


Stopping deposits to the petroleum reserve is estimated to save drivers between a penny and 25 cents a gallon.


Both the House and Senate, which voted earlier Tuesday, exceeded the two-thirds vote required to override the president's expected veto: The House vote was 385-25, the Senate vote was 97-1.


President Bush opposes the reserve measure because, he said, limiting supplies to the reserve could have national security consequences in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.


He has also argued that the daily amount of oil put into the reserve pales in comparison to worldwide consumption and therefore would have a negligible impact on the price at the pump.





Once he did the oil prices began to drop





This time it is OPEC cutting production deliberately to drive the prices up.


CNN Money


Oil rises as OPEC cuts production


A recent survey shows near-70% compliance among oil producers with the organization's 4.2 million barrel-per-day production cut.


Last Updated: February 3, 2009: 3:36 PM ET
tax oil companies more? i don't know...in most areas that are left to drill the economics are thin as it is....more taxes less drilling





Colorado is a great example of this....we are awash right now in natural gas and no one wants to drill
You actually don't care about the environment, if you like that policy I recommend Haiti for you, they put everything ahead of their environment, check it out on Google earth.
No. State PArks should charge usage fees
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no, they should dig for coal.