Leaving aside the merits of more off-shore drilling — and the government’s own experts say the impact wouldn’t be for 20 or more years1 — which means that $4 gasoline is just being used to leverage the issue.
But leaving that aside, is there no real appreciation or understanding that burning carbon is threatening the health of the planet?
Even if there is unlimited oil, natural gas and coal, don’t we have to begin to cutback on its use?
1 “The projections in the OCS access case indicate that access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030. Leasing would begin no sooner than 2012, and production would not be expected to start before 2017.” (Energy Information Administration)