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Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« on: May 24, 2012, 05:37:36 PM »
The DUmmies all have their panties in a twist of course.  :rotf:

Personally I don't believe it for a second considering how much 0bama hates oil.

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Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!

Obama accomplishes what Bush could not:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/science/earth/shell-arctic-ocean-drilling-stands-to-open-new-oil-frontier.html?_r=2&hp

The president’s preoccupation with the Arctic proposal, even as the nation was still reeling from the BP spill, was the first hint that Shell’s audacious plan to drill in waters previously considered untouchable had gone from improbable to inevitable.

Barring a successful last-minute legal challenge by environmental groups, Shell will begin drilling test wells off the coast of northern Alaska in July, opening a new frontier in domestic oil exploration and accelerating a global rush to tap the untold resources beneath the frozen ocean.

It is a moment of major promise and considerable danger.

Industry experts and national security officials view the Alaskan Arctic as the last great domestic oil prospect, one that over time could bring the country a giant step closer to cutting its dependence on foreign oil.

But many Alaska Natives and environmental advocates say drilling threatens wildlife and pristine shorelines, and perpetuates the nation’s reliance on dirty fossil fuels.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002723006

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1. Well that's going to be a ****ing disaster

Yeah if this is true all them jobs created would be such a horrible thing.  :whatever:

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3. Wow. Black Polar bears.



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35. You mean...DEAD black Polar Bears. I cry thinking about it.

If or when there is a spill...I think I'll have a nervous breakdown.

 :whatever:

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5. Now we can all enjoy lower gas prices!

Because we all know that Exxon and others always share their good fortune with the rest of us!



(This is sarcasm, by the way.)

The greedy bastards may end up getting 3 cents on the gallon instead of 2.

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7. Now, now, now, let's not get our undies in a bunch.

This is different because, um, this is complicated government stuff, and he's gonna keep an eye on those oil guys, and this is a win for the economy, and, uh, would you prefer McCain/Romney?!? Etc.

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I've got most of 'em on my ignore list, so I don't have to read their vitriol, or their slavish defense of their clay-footed idol.
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 :rotf:

Like I said before, I don't buy it there has to be some kind of catch to this.

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 05:39:20 PM »
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3. Wow. Black Polar bears.

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 05:40:17 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on May 24, 2012, 05:37:36 PM
Like I said before, I don't buy it there has to be some kind of catch to this.

Who says you can't still buy black men in America?

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 05:41:20 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 24, 2012, 05:40:17 PM
Who says you can't still buy black men in America?

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BS for making me laugh at that, now my chances of going to hell increased.  :-)
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
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35. You mean...DEAD black Polar Bears. I cry thinking about it.

If or when there is a spill...I think I'll have a nervous breakdown.

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2012, 05:58:30 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on May 24, 2012, 05:37:36 PM


Like I said before, I don't buy it there has to be some kind of catch to this.

The catch has already been discussed in construction magizines....and Caterpillar has built special off road trucks for the solution. You have to truck all the drilling sludge several hundred miles over frozen ground (no roads) to an approved landfill.

The trucks are converted end dumps. The dump beds are converted to heated tanks to keep the drilling sludge from freezing in the tanks. Because no roads can be built in that area, you have to drill and haul sludge in the worst winter conditions the great white north has to offer.

It's mostly election hype on paper to get votes only but it also, IN MY OPINION, helps insure that there will be a disaster and that disaster will be used to shut down all future drilling in the north..
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2012, 06:05:15 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on May 24, 2012, 05:41:20 PM
BS for making me laugh at that, now my chances of going to hell increased.  :-)

Apparently you weren't the only one.

Considering how much DUmbasses pin everything wrong about Obama to racism I'm surprised they are so quick to imply he can be bought-off.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2012, 06:07:59 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 24, 2012, 05:40:17 PM
Who says you can't still buy black men democrats cheaply in America?

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2012, 06:14:28 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 24, 2012, 06:07:59 PM


You don't buy democrats.

You leave the money on the nightstand after they go to take a shower.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2012, 06:17:37 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 24, 2012, 06:14:28 PM
You don't buy democrats.

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2012, 06:26:52 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 24, 2012, 05:58:30 PM
The catch has already been discussed in construction magizines....and Caterpillar has built special off road trucks for the solution. You have to truck all the drilling sludge several hundred miles over frozen ground (no roads) to an approved landfill.

The trucks are converted end dumps. The dump beds are converted to heated tanks to keep the drilling sludge from freezing in the tanks. Because no roads can be built in that area, you have to drill and haul sludge in the worst winter conditions the great white north has to offer.

It's mostly election hype on paper to get votes only but it also, IN MY OPINION, helps insure that there will be a disaster and that disaster will be used to shut down all future drilling in the north..

Normally I would say that sounds like a wacko conspiracy theory, however when it comes to 0bama, something like this is plausible.  :banghead:
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2012, 05:19:38 AM »
Quote from: FlippyDoo on May 24, 2012, 05:43:34 PM
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FlippyDoo, looks like you are going to have a very busy Memorial Day weekend!   :II:

Love that Denny's breakfast!   :drool:
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2012, 08:24:56 AM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 24, 2012, 05:40:17 PM
Who says you can't still buy black men in America?

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Now, THAT'S funny! 

It brought an actual real world laugh, not an internet LOL.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2012, 09:45:29 AM »
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5. Now we can all enjoy lower gas prices!

Because we all know that Exxon and others always share their good fortune with the rest of us!



(This is sarcasm, by the way.)


So, the Gubmint getting 18.4 cents per gallon is OK?

Idiots, all of them.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2012, 09:46:32 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 24, 2012, 05:58:30 PM
The catch has already been discussed in construction magizines....and Caterpillar has built special off road trucks for the solution. You have to truck all the drilling sludge several hundred miles over frozen ground (no roads) to an approved landfill.

The trucks are converted end dumps. The dump beds are converted to heated tanks to keep the drilling sludge from freezing in the tanks. Because no roads can be built in that area, you have to drill and haul sludge in the worst winter conditions the great white north has to offer.

It's mostly election hype on paper to get votes only but it also, IN MY OPINION, helps insure that there will be a disaster and that disaster will be used to shut down all future drilling in the north..

I can see an organization the size of Shell being willing to bite the bullet on that for exploration, with an eye to a future administration having a more desperate need for the oil and then relaxing those requirements when it comes time to exploit.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2012, 10:32:54 AM »
This is the same 0bama regime that kept the Shell exploratory drilling ship out of the Arctic because one of it's many generators was not CARB approved?  The generator was in the 3000 watt range and it kept the ship out all of last summer. 0 is all about getting more energy for us.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 11:28:20 AM »
Quote from: jukin on May 25, 2012, 10:32:54 AM
This is the same 0bama regime that kept the Shell exploratory drilling ship out of the Arctic because one of it's many generators was not CARB approved?  The generator was in the 3000 watt range and it kept the ship out all of last summer. 0 is all about getting more energy for us.


I was talking to a fleet truck manager last Sunday. He was telling me about all the problems they're having with the new TIER 4 diesel engines be they CAT, DETRIOT or CUMMINS, they're all giving trouble and using more fuel than the previous engines. He has one new truck that has been in service a little over three months and been on the road only 20 days out of all that time.

Our idiots in Washington that think they're smart enough to stipulate engine design, fuel economy and pollution standards..... :argh: ASSHOLE, you majored in Political Science and a Political Science degree does not mean you're a brilliant scientist.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2012, 11:32:08 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 25, 2012, 11:28:20 AM


I was talking to a fleet truck manager last Sunday. He was telling me about all the problems they're having with the new TIER 4 diesel engines be they CAT, DETRIOT or CUMMINS, they're all giving trouble and using more fuel than the previous engines. He has one new truck that has been in service a little over three months and been on the road only 20 days out of all that time.

Our idiots in Washington that think they're smart enough to stipulate engine design, fuel economy and pollution standards..... :argh: ASSHOLE, you majored in Political Science and a Political Science degree does not mean you're a brilliant scientist.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2012, 05:58:22 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 25, 2012, 11:28:20 AM


I was talking to a fleet truck manager last Sunday. He was telling me about all the problems they're having with the new TIER 4 diesel engines be they CAT, DETRIOT or CUMMINS, they're all giving trouble and using more fuel than the previous engines. He has one new truck that has been in service a little over three months and been on the road only 20 days out of all that time.

Our idiots in Washington that think they're smart enough to stipulate engine design, fuel economy and pollution standards..... :argh: ASSHOLE, you majored in Political Science and a Political Science degree does not mean you're a brilliant scientist.

Diesel Power magazine had an article about the new Ford Power Stroke, and were doing some power modifications to it.

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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2012, 07:07:11 PM »
This whole drilling thing has the DUmmies in a real twist, don't worry little DUmmies. After the election if the anointed one wins he will back off his original promise, there isn't going to be any drilling.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2012, 07:21:31 PM »
Oh DUmmies, the polar bears at the zoo will still be okay.  It's not like we're going to drill there.
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2012, 07:33:53 PM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on May 25, 2012, 07:21:31 PM
Oh DUmmies, the polar bears at the zoo will still be okay.  It's not like we're going to drill there.

Only because there isn't any oil under their pen.  If there was, they can take the first bus back to the Arctic. 
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Re: Success! The Arctic is open for drilling!
« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2012, 10:24:56 PM »
More whining and crying from the morons at DU, http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002726530

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