http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/may/13/audio-sen-boxers-answer-energy-crisis-end-oil-dril/
By Kerry Picket on May 13, 2010 into Water Cooler
(Washington Times)
At a press conference on Thursday Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, California Democrats, along with Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat, and Senator Jeff Merkley, Oregon Democrat, presented legislation calling for a permanent ban on oil drilling off the West Coast. Democratic Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Ron Wyden of Oregon, while absent at today's presser, are also part of the coalition, according to Senator Boxer.
Before showing pictures of oils soaked wildlife as a result of the BP oil spill, Ms. Boxer explained the legislation saying this bill would ensure that "there will never be offshore oil gas drilling off the west coast of our nation."
While President Obama placed an executive order on West Coast drilling until 2017, the six Democratic Senators' legislation goes further.
"We know very clearly that that moratorium is dependent on his presidency, his being there, and that there is no permanent protection for us. This is our only route to go," said Senator Boxer, Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee.
I later asked Senator Boxer, given California's recent history of brown outs and black outs, what kind reliable energy could Californians rely on if she is looking to eradicate the oil industry on the West Coast? The green energy industry is too intermittent and why not consider nuclear energy instead? "If all of the people in the country for 25 days had the proper tire pressure in their cars you would replace all of the oil," she said. "There is...this is such a little bit of oil in this area only enough to power the country for, you know, a year or so. So 25 days of people doing the proper pressure would replace it."
"I don't think that's funny."
Of course not. It all makes perfect sense. So let's stop drilling and check our air pressure, OK?
OK! Now let's take the rest of the day off.
13 comments:
Haven't you conservatives already embarrassed yourselves enough on this one? Proper tire pressure (if we ALL have it) helps to stretch out our fuel supply. That's a fact.
Are her figures wrong? Is there enough oil on the West Coast to really make that much of a difference? I don't know. I suspect that you don't either. You don't understand the argument, so you just make fun of it.
Thanks for the tip, Lance. I'll check my air pressure first thing tomorrow morning. According to Boxer's logic, I'll probably never have to fill my tank again.
PS
Seriously, it's amazing how you liberals use that argument that "there isn't enough oil here and there to make a difference". I heard the same thing said about oil in Alaska. OK, so we don't drill in the pacific because there isn't enough to make a difference, same for alaska, same for the gulf of Mexico. Result??
Back to good old Saudi Arabia.
Or we can make some serious effort into alternative fuels. Oh no, wait, that's a Marxist plot, so we can't do that.
Even if we do the drilling that you want, we're STILL going to have to go back to Saudi Arabia - and we might have completely wrecked our shores and land in the meantime.
Lance,
You invent the alternate fuel and I will use it.
I'm working on one where I capture all the hot air that spews from the mouths of conservatives.
Lance,
I suggest liquified bull manure. If you can find a away to tap into Barbara Boxer's sewer line, that should provide enough fuel for the next century.
You've yet to demonstrate that she was in fact incorrect.
"If all of the people in the country for 25 days had the proper tire pressure in their cars you would replace all of the oil," she said. "There is...this is such a little bit of oil in this area only enough to power the country for, you know, a year or so. So 25 days of people doing the proper pressure would replace it."
What's the old adage about trying to prove a negative?
Tell you what, Lance; if I tell you moon weighs 50 pounds,can you prove me wrong?
You're right, you can't prove a negative. But that's not what this is. She gives a specific figure that's either correct or incorrect. Do I expect you to know this off the top of your head? No, but I imagine that you could research it and find out. You just assume that she's wrong because she's liberal, and if she's right then that goes against your preconceived world view.
As for the moon, it doesn't "weigh" anything, since weight is a term that's relative to where you are. You "weigh" more on the Earth than you would on Mars, and you'd weigh more on Jupiter than you'd weigh on the Earth. (Of course, Jupiter is a gas planet, but it still has gravity.)
If you're referring to mass, then just a bit of research shows that it's 7.35x10^22 kg. How do they know this? Check out this link for an explanation. Warning: It contains a lot of math.
So, you were saying something about tire pressure and conserving fuel...?
Lance,
So what am I supposed to do-drop everything and start doing research to see if Boxer is right?
I don't know if you noticed, but I have more important fish to fry right now at UCI.
It only took a few minutes to put up that gig on Boxer, and frankly she doesn't deserve any more of my "precious" time.
Gary, why can't you just admit it when you don't know what you're talking about?
I found that bit about the moon in two minutes. Surely if you're going to make such a bold assertion as you have, you can at least back it up with some FACTS. You've got nothing though - zip, nada, null. It's like you're saying that "just because" is your reasoning as to why she's wrong.
I suggest checking out that bastion of liberalism, Front Porch Republic, where there are some excellent suggestions:
http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2010/05/contain-this/#comment-46343
Contain This!
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