As Gas Prices Reach $4 Per Gallon – The Obama EPA Forces Shell to Abandon Arctic Drilling
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 25, 2011, 6:05 AM
For decades, the democrats have blocked one effort after another to responsibly develop the energy resources our country possesses, transforming vast areas of opportunity into “The No Zone.”
Because of current U.S. policy, U.S. companies are prohibited from developing oil fields that lie in Cuban waters and come within 50 miles of Florida. However, Cuba is exploring and developing these oil fields, estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to possess more oil than the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, and Cuba is partnering with China and other countries, such as Spain, France, and Canada.
The Castro Regime will begin drilling off the coast of Florida next year and will go deeper than the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
But, US companies are not so fortunate.
In December the Obama Administration issued a massive new ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Now Shell Oil has announced that due to Obama’s radical EPA, they will be forced to stop drilling off the coast of Alaska. A village of 250 people 70 miles away may be harmed by emissions.
FOX News reported:
Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.
Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The leases alone cost $2.2 billion. Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby says obtaining similar air permits for a drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico would take about 45 days. He’s especially frustrated over the appeal board’s suggestion that the Arctic drill would somehow be hazardous for the people who live in the area. “We think the issues were really not major,” Slaiby said, “and clearly not impactful for the communities we work in.”
The closest village to where Shell proposed to drill is Kaktovik, Alaska. It is one of the most remote places in the United States. According to the latest census, the population is 245 and nearly all of the residents are Alaska natives. The village, which is 1 square mile, sits right along the shores of the Beaufort Sea, 70 miles away from the proposed off-shore drill site.
The EPA’s appeals board ruled that Shell had not taken into consideration emissions from an ice-breaking vessel when calculating overall greenhouse gas emissions from the project. Environmental groups were thrilled by the ruling.
Meanwhile Obama says he sees no “magic bullet” to bring down gas prices.
How about drilling?
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Published May 22, 2012 at 5:04 am - 81 Comments
Militant Conservative commented:
We’ll survive but live as you know it will “fundamentally change”. There you go, isn’t Obama a master of disaster?? Stupid Democrats patriotism is for those that love America.
powder is dry
#1AMERICAN commented:
Odumbo the biggest assed mistake the USA ever made electing his moo slum community organizing kenyan born communist
Mark1957 commented:
“Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The leases alone cost $2.2 billion. ”
Our corrupt government thinks nothing of wasting billions of dollars of investors money, they just want to punish America for it’s success. The millions of Americans that own stock in energy companies mean nothing to these a$$holes.
money gets votes commented:
He is doing this on purpose!!! Its his policies! No drilling in our GULF but back door deals with BRAZIL!!! Now this !! Castro????And he has stopped COAL–COAL leases!! He says one thing with a FAKE smile and his lisp whistle speech (SIC) and he is screwing the PEOPLE making them think its speculators when its HIM!!! Does he think WE are stupid!! What a CHICAGO thug!!He is hurting every demo–rat, conservative very American business–food, homes, jobs–SCIENCE!!!! NASA is over. And new TAXES??????? geez who is this guy????
olm commented:
The EPA must be stopped. Obama must be stopped, but the EPA is downright scary and the more I read about this agency the more out of control and anti American is seems.
Like Obama, I guess but can’t the Republicans in the house do something quickly about the EPA?
Reaganite Republican commented:
More impeachable by the day… how does going against our national interests -both economic and energy security- while lying to our faces about it not violate his oath?
C’mon, GOP… go after the EPA NOW, what are you waiting for?
Arch commented:
The House should completely defund EPA immediately.
Joe College commented:
Obama’s gaming us on the oil companies the same way as on the big banks. He goes all class warfare on them and punishes them publicly.
But the reality is a quite different story…
High Gas Prices Mean Record Profits for Big Oil
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/high-gas-prices-record-profits-big-oil/story?id=13447922
I reckon there is a campaign contribution lurking there somewhere.
Militant Conservative commented:
#10 April 25, 2011 at 9:46 am
Joe College commented:
Yo Joe, The Federal Government makes more per gallon in taxes than the producer.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1054.html
The producer has ALL the risk and overhead. Government just takes a huge amount IF the producer finds oil.
Remember there are lots of jobs associated with petroleum.
powder is dry
Callipygian1 commented:
“We will not allow oil exploitation in the United States until the use of fossil fuels has been rendered obsolete by newer, innovative methods of energy production,” said soon-to-be former President Obama. “This is the stupidest thing I can think of to do to the America I loathe.”
L.E. Liesner commented:
If congress took it’s job serious there would not be any of these unelected radicals making laws. We can blame Obama, but that doesn’t let congress off the hook. “We the People” have become “We the Sheeple”, time to wake up America!
John Lee Pettimoore III commented:
Nancy Pelosi’s answer to drill, baby, drill was how about if we drill your head. The Obama administration seems to be doing everything it can to hamper production of our resources. This is an outrage!!!
Robert commented:
When I started reading the excerpt, I was thinking about emissions from the well itself, that they may be significant.
“The EPA’s appeals board ruled that Shell had not taken into consideration emissions from an ice-breaking vessel when calculating overall greenhouse gas emissions from the project.”
If this report is accurate, then that is the most trifling reason for permit denial that can be imagined.
Ladue Pundit commented:
The government makes more on gas taxes per gallon than oil companies make in profits. Yet they resist expanding oil exploration and/ or drilling.
What a temptation: more in tax revenues vs. more destruction to America.
I see they’ve chosen the destruction option. Makes sense. If the government needs more money, Geithner will just print more.
Mark commented:
The EPA Econazis need to go. No one elected these fools and they rule like commissars.
What is in the kool aid the Democrat left is drinking? It appears they are willing to kill America’s economy to hold on to political power. A combination of union goons and pasty-faced envirowackos, yeah, that’s America.
Gary commented:
it’s surreal that China is lending us back our own money and collecting interest
and now they’ll be drilling our oil. I hope they sell it to us at a good price. Otherwise, we’ll have to borrow the money from them to pay for it.
In the 60s and 70s, China was a sleeping giant. Today America is a retarded giant.
cal rifkin commented:
5-6 dollar gas will change the c-blanker in chief’s plan…but don’t expect the msm to utter a peep…they love the green economy and the windmills and solar and green jobs — Yeaa!!!
Robert commented:
Notice that there is no talk whatsoever by anybody, either opponents
nor even supporters of drilling, to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
Chippy commented:
I just watched a Petrobras Oil Company of Brazil television commercial touting their greatness on Fox News Channel hear in NYC. Soros is really sticking it to Fox News Channel. The ad appeared at 11:42AM. It was a local spot.
Bill Mitchell commented:
It is decided. Democrats are insane.
Finncrisp commented:
Luntics practicing lunacy. This is the height of crap. There must be a concerted effort to expose these frogs for the destroyers of our country that they are. This is beyond concern for the environment. It is NAKED anti-business behavior guaranteed to bring us to our knees.
At this point, we must openly rebell against the toads who are in charge.
Cynic commented:
All of our elected officials just seem to be sitting back and letting all this destruction happen.
Rock commented:
#22 April 25, 2011 at 10:49 am
Bill Mitchell commented:
It is decided. Democrats are insane.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Wrong wrong wrong, stop excusing their conduct by hiding it behind stupidity. These filthy traitors are conniving vicious low life’s bent on fundamentally changing America. WTF is a raciest traitor using Socialism to destroy the nation, and most Americans are still to afraid of being labeled raciest to take a public stand.
Beef commented:
This is absolutely outrageous. Congress needs to do something to reign in the EPA immediately. This agency is a abusing its mandate by pursuing purely political objectives. Where are the Republicans on this issue? They need to be on this everytime they are in front of camera.
libby mcLibtard commented:
Beef the Supreme Court gave the EPA this power.
jorgen commented:
Meanwhile Obama says he sees no “magic bullet” to bring down gas prices.
I do: impeaching him would be a good start!
Rock commented:
#22 April 25, 2011 at 10:49 am
Bill Mitchell commented:
It is decided. Democrats are insane.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Absolutely wrong, stop excusing their conduct by hiding it behind stupidity. They are filthy traitors and low life’s bent on fundamentally changing America. WTF is a raciest traitor using Socialism to destroy the nation, and most Americans are still to afraid of being labeled raciest to take a public stand.
Big L commented:
In washington State, the brains of Donk-dom are instituting a tax on Electric cars, to make up for loss of gasoline taxes. I think it starts at a hundred bucks..
RS commented:
Obama may not know a magic bullet to reduce prices, but he certainly knows the 1000 cuts that can raise it.
Blue Collar Todd commented:
Obama wants our gas prices high he just does not want the blame for it.
http://www.bluecollarphilosophy.com/2011/04/obama-wants-your-gas-prices-high-he-just-does-not-want-the-blame-for-it.html
I thief robbing your house can only deny that he’s robbing your house so many times and if he continues to act like a thief, then that is what he is. Actions speak louder than words on this and Obama’s actions say he wants skyrocketing gas prices.
Gary commented:
Rock #25, 29
You beat me to that (twice
)
Rock commented:
Yea I thought I lost the first post, so waited a few minutes and tried again, another case of flying fat fingers, hate when I do that
Scoobs commented:
I agree with you all with few exceptions… some of you are saying things like “IMPEACH HIM!” .. LIKE that would work! Do you U N D E R S T A N D that it won’t???
How about “why won’t the Republican’s defund the EPA?”.. That won’t work either because the EPA is NOW TOO POWERFUL! So STOP SAYING THAT AND DRIVING US ALL CRAZY!!! I would LOVE it if this were 30 years ago and people like you were saying that in the numbers that are saying it now but there weren’t so get over it, ok?
We have ALLL, every STINKIN ONE OF US, waiting TOO LONG to think ANY of this was important enough to pay attention to until it is too late!!!
So get behind someone who you think can change things in Congress and back him/her with money or get into the race yourself. THAT is our only recourse, at this point.
Time is ticking!! STOP POINTING FINGERS and asking ‘HOW COME?” There is no longer a ‘they’ you can point to. ‘They’ have lost ‘they’re’ power because ‘they’ have been co-opted! It’s up to all of us to get it back! We need freshblood, beholden to no one!
PLEASE, don’t make me have to call you ‘COMRADES!’
barolo commented:
Shell needs to ignore the ruling as do the companies in the Gulf. The administration ignores federal judges and prior law… Shell needs to tell the EPA to get lost.
Rock commented:
These EPA thugs, oops sorry inspectors need to start inspecting gator eggs in the swamps for oil residue, I’m sure some out of work driller would be happy to provide security with some old 22. nothings to good for some WTF bureaucrat.
LibertyAtStake commented:
“The Castro Regime will begin drilling …”
And Florida residents can comforted in the knowledge safety will be the same high priority it always is for corrupt Communist regimes.
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
mg4us commented:
The magic bullet to bring down gas prices is “Sarah Palin”
Yup “Drill, Baby, Drill”
watch what happens when she takes over. . .
2012 can’t come soon enough.
Freeway commented:
Let me see if I have this correct…. $4.25 a gallon at 20 gallons = I’m flat @ss broke again.. just to make it to work…
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
A village of 250 people 70 miles away may be harmed by emissions.
The only “emissions” that any villages in the area would have to contend with would be all the drilling workers farting at the same time.
The “harm” would be temporary, and would probably be only brief, depending on the wind velocity and whether people were inhaling through their noses as the gas blew past.
therese commented:
I know Obama is not the anti-christ. I just wonder if he is holding his hand.