Environmental Whackos Strike Again
Just a few months ago, a popular outcry arose from Americans demanding that the U.S. government allow greater oil exporation and development within the U.s.
The Bush administration made some moves toward greater energy independence by reversing previous presidential executive orders banning offshore drilling.
However, not two months into office, The Obama administration is already putting a halt to imporant energy development, oils shales research in the West.
Institute for Energy Research president Thomas J. Pyle issued this statement:
Earlier this week, Secretary Salazar suggested America’s massive and homegrown reserves of oil shale held ‘great potential.’ Unfortunately, the Interior Department’s decision today may help ensure that potential never becomes reality – in the process, locking-away an American energy resource larger than the total reserves of the entire Middle East.
“At a time of great economic uncertainty, with millions of Americans out of work and state budgets stretched beyond their breaking point, responsible development of America’s abundant shale resources could be a way out of our current condition, and a way back to a better one. The Interior Department’s announcement today effectively forecloses that opportunity.”
With the environmental nazis now in control, we can expect a lot more of this sort of thing. They will lock up as much of the country, public lands and wilderness areas as they can. Not just energy development, but even innocuous things like beach access are threatened by these fools, who now have full control of the Department of Interior and the EPA.
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