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Listen to this message. The Big oil companies want to drill off shore because it will make it much easier to ship the crude overseas in large tankers. The oil companies would have to move it across land, which would cost so much more, if they drilled inland. Bush, Chaney, and McCain are bought and paid for by these oil companies. Ofcourse they want to help big oil business and are boosting this propaganda and expecting us to swollow it hook, line, and sinker. McCain is a followier, not a leader.

The best way to effectively exploit our offshore resources and really help the average American is to divide up the 4.4 million square miles of US offshore economic zone among the 218 million Americans adults who are 18 years and older according to the 2003 US census. Because a square mile equals 640 acres and you multiply 4.4 million square miles times 640 acres, there would be 2.816 billion offshore acres to be divided among the 218 million American adults. The current federally leased acreage of roughly 100 million acres both onshore and offshore represents roughly only three and a half percent of the total 2.8 billion offshore exclusive economic zone acreage of land that could be leased and divided up by all Americans. Subtract out that acreage and you still have 2.7 billion unleased acreage. Granted this remaining acreage may not be the best prospects but we won???t know for sure until there is actual drilling. The Democrats say that there is 80 million acres leased and the oil companies are sitting on it. Well here are 2.7 billion new acres that new and older drilling companies can bid on.
Under this proposal, every adult in the US would be entitled to 12.8 acres of mineral rights to offshore production. A lottery could be set up to randomly assign 12.8 acres to every American. You may end up with mineral rights to acreage south of Canada???s Hibernia offshore project 300 miles south of Newfoundland that is producing 50,000 barrels a day from only one well. The resulting lottery would create ten of thousands of instant American millionaires whose acreage abuts known contiguous offshore oil fields. A market to buy and sell acreage rights could be created which would put money into the pockets of those who acreage contains unknown oil potential. Turning over the acreage to ordinary Americans to collect leasing revenues and royalty rights will empower Americans and stimulate the economy. We do not need the Minerals Management Service of the Department of Interior and Nancy Pelosi to argue over the next four years which tracts of land should be leased and have that money end up going into the General Treasury. Its your money and you can get it now when you sell the rights to drill for oil and collect your royalties for the next twenty years.

Democrats under the leadership of Barack Obama want to effectively give away in trust our offshore exclusive economic zone by standing in the way of any current offshore development. Under the 1982 United Nations Law of the Seas Convention the US has an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles and mineral seabed rights up to 350 nautical miles extending along the Continental shelf. A nautical mile is 6080 feet so our exclusive economic zone extends about 240 miles and mineral seabed rights extend 420 miles. The US has the world's largest offshore exclusive economic zone totaling 4.4 million square miles. In comparison, the total land area of the United States is only 3.4 million square miles.
On the East coast alone, if you drive from Key West Florida to Bangor Maine it is 2000 miles. Multiply the 2000 miles by mineral seabed rights extending out 420 miles results in a total of 840,000 square miles of ocean acreage. Because we have the world's largest offshore coastline which is twenty-five percent greater than our land area, it only makes common sense that we exploit our offshore resources to achieve our energy independence.

I think it would be funny to add to your statement, millions of Americans are overweight just a thought jimbo3800 get off the computer and walk a little!

Amish? on a computer... figure that one out! Besides the fact that some people think oil is the only fuel in the world, and beside the fact that 4$ a gallon is nothing like 5$ a liter(Europe(2006)). The ocean contains 90% of the worlds Animal species, and offers 80% of the worlds oxygen(with large resources of algae offshore in CA) in addition to those facts consider the average oil tanker built increasing in size compared to 1969 STD stdstandardstandard

Amish? on a computer... figure that one out! Besides the fact that some people think oil is the only fuel in the world, and beside the fact that 4$ a gallon is nothing like 5$ a liter(Europe(2006)). The ocean contains 90% of the worlds Animal species, and offers 80% of the worlds oxygen(with large resources of algae offshore in CA) in addition to those facts consider the average oil tanker built increasing in size compared to 1969 STD stdstandardstandard

Maybe I would be willing to listen to the folks in Santa Barbara if they were willing to STOP DRIVING CARS and USING GAS!!!!!! But as long as those high minded california types keep gussling the gas, they shouldn't be whining over where it comes from. Sheesh.

The people of Santa Barbara need to make decisions based on data. In 1969, cell phones, the Internet and most oil drilling technologies of today didn't exist. Annual Oil Seepage equals the total spill amount of 1969. Hurricane Katrina had no effect on the oil platforms in the gulf. Getting the oil out of the ground (Drilling) actually reduces our pollution. This was recognized in a university science study in 1999.

http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=412

It's easy for politicians to say "I am against more drilling" to stay in office but drilling reduces pollution and reduces our dependency on foreign wackos who want to kill us and destroy Israel. We also need to reduce the billions of dollars that we send them. And, what about signaling the market that we are drilling to protect our national interests and this signaling along will reduce oil prices and reduce what we pay at the pump.

The people of Santa Barbara need to make decisions based on data. In 1969, cell phones, the Internet and most oil drilling technologies of today didn't exist. Annual Oil Seepage equals the total spill amount of 1969. Hurricane Katrina had no effect on the oil platforms in the gulf. Getting the oil out of the ground (Drilling) actually reduces our pollution. This was recognized in a university science study in 1999.

http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=412

It's easy for politicians to say "I am against more drilling" to stay in office but drilling reduces pollution and reduces our dependency on foreign wackos who want to kill us and destroy Israel. We also need to reduce the billions of dollars that we send them. And, what about signaling the market that we are drilling to protect our national interests and this signaling along will reduce oil prices and reduce what we pay at the pump.

The people of Santa Barbara need to make decisions based on data. In 1969, cell phones, the Internet and most oil drilling technologies of today didn't exist. Annual Oil Seepage equals the total spill amount of 1969. Hurricane Katrina had no effect on the oil platforms in the gulf. Getting the oil out of the ground (Drilling) actually reduces our pollution. This was recognized in a university science study in 1999.

http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=412

It's easy for politicians to say "I am against more drilling" to stay in office but drilling reduces pollution and reduces our dependency on foreign wackos who want to kill us and destroy Israel. We also need to reduce the billions of dollars that we send them. And, what about signaling the market that we are drilling to protect our national interests and this signaling along will reduce oil prices and reduce what we pay at the pump.

Being in one of the most expansive area to live, the home owner in Santa Barbara can probably afford even higher gasoline price. What is needed is better safty measure for offshore oil drilling. The same should apply to nuclear power plant, which requires high level of safety control. Alternative energy developments such as solar and wind power which is under intensive development as well as hydrogen powered engine can hardly achieve significantly energy supply in terms of total power supply by coal and fossil fuel. This has been experienced by the Germans, who has been quite ahead of the game on alternative power. Let's not bet our limited financial and human resouces too heavily on alternative energy alone. To be realistic, we probably have to rely on conventional power supply for a long while by surviving better in terms of heallth and environment concerns.