Obama's first failed appointment

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Redux

Why do you think new oil and gas development leases, particularly around national parks, are necessary when nearly 70 million acres of federal land (on and off shore) have already been leased to oil companies and are open to drilling but sit idle?

Cite.

Those 70 million acres already leased have the potential to produce millions barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day. Wouldnt it make sense to explore those leases first?

I would agree, citation needed please.

I suspect the new leases were primarily to provide more tax write-offs for oil companies and oil investors.

I would tend to agree, but if you are going to accuse someone of wrong doing please provide evidence. Thanks.

The mantra of "drill baby drill" is not my idea of a sound or comprehensive energy policy. But hell, if you feel a need to drill, start with those 70 million acres already leased.

I personally have no problem with it if it gets us off the teet of any country outside our borders. If I had my way we all be going solar, wind, and water to solve our energy dependence.