Infamous bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks allegedly replied “because that’s where the money is.”
In a press release explaining his position supporting offshore drilling, N.C. Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory asked:
“If we’re not willing to drill off our own coasts, then where will you drill?” he asked. “Off Venezuela? Off Nigeria? Saudi Arabia? Russia?”
Um, maybe someplace where there’s actually oil, Pat? Have you noticed that Venezuela has four times the oil, Nigeria has almost twice the oil, Saudi Arabia has ten times the oil, and Russia has three times the oil we do? And it would be even more lopsided if Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay was excluded?
There is more oil in the Middle East than all other world regions combined. We don’t drill off North Carolina because that’s not where the oil is!
Please get a clue, Pat.
Write this clown and tell him to make a trip to Santa Barbara, California … the ocean view there is RUINED by off shore oil rigs … how about putting alternation energy on the fast track and get off the oil???
Oil wells are like Marischino cherries in the fridge. You can save time by just spilling them in the back of the fridge. They could have the same effect of oil wells off NC shore by emptying a couple of trucks on the beach. They would affect the total oil supply about as much and get the same final result. 🙁