Comments on: Alaska Drilling Petition? http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/13/alaska-drilling-petition/ What is seen and what is unseen. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jacob Charpentier http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/13/alaska-drilling-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Jacob Charpentier Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:42:54 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/13/alaska-drilling-petition/#comment-686 I thought this would be a great entry to reply to being that congress will be voting on LA faith on this Thurs of Fri. Initally one would want to attact the notion of drilling in Alaska by taking the front of wildlife refuge. I would attack this with physical evidence that proves that the wildlife inparticular the caribou have not been distured in the least bit. The migratory patterns as well as the mating rituals of the caribou have been preserved through proper planning by the oil contractors. Certain precations were taken to preserve natures creatures such as rasing the pipline to allow the wildlife access to ALL of the vast wilderness. With that being said I say we DRILL BABY DRILL. Other oppostions of the drilling will take the social front and claim it would ruin the social cultures of the Alaskan natives. Well you know what let the Alaskan natives decide this after they have seen the royalties the US woudl be prepared to issue them. In a similar situation states such as CA and FL are firmly entrenched on the fight to keep drill platforms off their coast. Is this really fair to the rest of the nation? Siesmic data has proven that there are vast oil reserve off the coast of each of these states, yet we cont to deplete the resources off the coast of LA. I ask you this: What has LA gained from allowing this drilling? Poor education rates, a low standard of living, similar gas prices to the rest of the nation, etc...DRILL BABY DRILL Jacob Charpentier 255 2M I thought this would be a great entry to reply to being that congress will be voting on LA faith on this Thurs of Fri. Initally one would want to attact the notion of drilling in Alaska by taking the front of wildlife refuge. I would attack this with physical evidence that proves that the wildlife inparticular the caribou have not been distured in the least bit. The migratory patterns as well as the mating rituals of the caribou have been preserved through proper planning by the oil contractors. Certain precations were taken to preserve natures creatures such as rasing the pipline to allow the wildlife access to ALL of the vast wilderness. With that being said I say we DRILL BABY DRILL.
Other oppostions of the drilling will take the social front and claim it would ruin the social cultures of the Alaskan natives. Well you know what let the Alaskan natives decide this after they have seen the royalties the US woudl be prepared to issue them. In a similar situation states such as CA and FL are firmly entrenched on the fight to keep drill platforms off their coast. Is this really fair to the rest of the nation? Siesmic data has proven that there are vast oil reserve off the coast of each of these states, yet we cont to deplete the resources off the coast of LA. I ask you this: What has LA gained from allowing this drilling? Poor education rates, a low standard of living, similar gas prices to the rest of the nation, etc…DRILL BABY DRILL

Jacob Charpentier 255 2M

]]> By: Will Arceneaux http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/13/alaska-drilling-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Will Arceneaux Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:27:32 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/11/13/alaska-drilling-petition/#comment-624 I understand the concern some people may have with drilling in Alaska for oil. Many people are concerned with disterbing wildlife in the area which is something to have concern over, but what gets me is the fact that in the mid 1900's when the oil rush in louisiana began oil companies traveled the marshes throughout louisiana in search for petrolum products not realizing that their exploring was tearing up the valuable coastline. The coastline of louisiana is much more importatnt than some wild animals in alaska, for one the coastline protects millions of louisiana residents from hurricane year after year and two louisiana has probably the number one commercial fishing grounds in the country which depend on the wetlands to harbor and nuture the aquadic lifeforms which some many state citizens rely on for incomes each year. If the u.s. goverment can remove oil from alaska then they should they did it down here and tore up louisiana so why should alaska be any better than louisiana, and also the exploring done in louisiana in the mid 1900's was done in a much more primative style than now. Technology has changed since then so why should we run our gulf of mexico drilling platforms dry, instead the hugh amounts of oil spoken about in alaska should be execavated to better the u.s ecomomy and it dependence for foreign oil and lower the price for american citizens. I understand the concern some people may have with drilling in Alaska for oil. Many people are concerned with disterbing wildlife in the area which is something to have concern over, but what gets me is the fact that in the mid 1900’s when the oil rush in louisiana began oil companies traveled the marshes throughout louisiana in search for petrolum products not realizing that their exploring was tearing up the valuable coastline. The coastline of louisiana is much more importatnt than some wild animals in alaska, for one the coastline protects millions of louisiana residents from hurricane year after year and two louisiana has probably the number one commercial fishing grounds in the country which depend on the wetlands to harbor and nuture the aquadic lifeforms which some many state citizens rely on for incomes each year. If the u.s. goverment can remove oil from alaska then they should they did it down here and tore up louisiana so why should alaska be any better than louisiana, and also the exploring done in louisiana in the mid 1900’s was done in a much more primative style than now. Technology has changed since then so why should we run our gulf of mexico drilling platforms dry, instead the hugh amounts of oil spoken about in alaska should be execavated to better the u.s ecomomy and it dependence for foreign oil and lower the price for american citizens.

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