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Old 05-30-2010, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hillbilly View Post
If it were on land, they'd be able to plug it. But no, folks throw a hissy fit over drilling on land .. but look what happens when it's deep under water and can't be easily reached in order to stop it. Rather than having a mess in one spot .. they have a wide spread mess in the water that follows the coastline. Smart, very smart to support offshore drilling and not on land where it CAN be stopped.
Actually Dave, it is the oil companies who won't drill on land. They all want leases in the Gulf and the Atlantic but they won't touch the hundreds of lease they already have on the mainland - go figure.
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