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Why can China drill for Oil off the Florida coast? While US Laws stop our companies from doing so?
Why can China drill off the Florida coast for oil, while congress sits on its hands and allows this to happen? Why can't we go after oil in this area as well as in ANWR? Democrats, why do your representatives and senators continue to block these efforts? For example:
"The fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is far from over," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who led the opposition. "We almost stopped this budget trickery on the floor today. ... I'll be prepared to use every tool at my disposal to stop drilling in the Arctic. We need a serious national strategy to move us toward energy independence."
see the quote at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/216352_anwr17....
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/china_starts...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19479
Gomanyes - I listed several news sources, including Al Jazzeria that show that China is drilling off our coast. The international border with Cuba is only 50 miles that it is recognized due to the close proxmity.
15 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Because the democrats would rather blame the oil companies than do anything to actually reduce the cost of oil.
Supply goes up = cost goes down
- Anonymous1 decade ago
First of all the Chinese will not be drilling off of the Florida coast but rather legally off of the Cuban coast
If they're slant drilling takes them into an oil field that is legally under Cuban territorial waters then the US has no say in the matter because its not our oil.
As far as drilling in the ANWR goes unless the US comes up with a new energy policy that makes extinct both suburbia and SUV's providing new sources of oil to a wasteful society simply enables that society to continue their wasteful ways while destroying a pristine environment in the process.
- Elizabeth BLv 51 decade ago
I think the vast majority of democratic politicians don't give a flying fig about the environment, but they do care a lot about being reelected. The environmental nut-balls have forced the democrats over a barrel, making it so that they must bow to the environmentalists' misanthropic wishes at every turn. The Chinese can drill there because foreign policy is the one thing that the democrats have not managed to ruin with their interference.
- Special EPhexLv 71 decade ago
Because its the American Way to have a small group of people in the country blocking the progress and better good for America over some supposed 'good cause.'
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- goo_head_83Lv 71 decade ago
China is paying for our war and so we can give them a little oil here and there. But all the oil in ANWAR is never going to stop our dependency of foreign oil. We just need to kick the habit.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
China can do almost anything it pleases these days as far as we're concerned. Bush made sure of that when he borrowed billions from them to prop up his war. They could bankrupt the U.S. tomorrow if they wanted to, so we protest quietly if at all, and they do what they please in the end.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
China can't drill off the Florida coast any more than we can. You're making ridiculous statements with no proof.
- The HammerLv 61 decade ago
Just another deal Clinton work out when he shipped our missile technology to China for campaign financing.
His like a bad chili dog it keeps coming back.
- Bill GLv 61 decade ago
He who has the gold makes the rules. Did you not know they are holding the note to our debts.
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