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sure the democrats are all to blame LOL....
A Brotherly Feud Over Energy
Published: April 30, 2001
One of President Bush's more vexing problems is figuring out how to satisfy the nation's growing appetite for energy, especially natural gas, without damaging the environment. Just how vexing that problem is became clearer when news leaked out recently that the president's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, strongly opposes the administration's plan to open up an area off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas exploration. The polls have been telling President Bush that the public favors conservation over development, even when energy supplies are short. His brother is now conveying essentially the same message.
Nearly all of Lease 181 lies beyond the 100-mile limit, except for a narrow stovepipe section that juts northward to within 30 miles of the Florida coast near the Alabama border. But even 100 miles is too close for Jeb Bush, and the stovepipe section is much too close. The fact is that Governor Bush -- who has a solid environmental record and wants to keep it that way -- does not want any drilling that could threaten Florida's coastline.
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Sen Mel Martinez (R) Fla. doesn't want drilling in close to FLA either, but he supports drilling ANWR:
Response from Senator Mel Martinez, R-FL
Posted by drillusnow on May 29, 2008 I helped design the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (S. 3711), which was passed into law in 2006. This bill opened 8 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf in the western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration while securing environmental protection for Florida’s beaches. Although this opened OCS area contains trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and millions of barrels of oil, no new production has begun. Production in this area is the most immediate option we have for a large-scale increase in domestic energy supply. http://drillusnow.com/2008/05/29/response-from-senator-mel-martinez-r-fl/
i wonder just which states would allow drilling if Congress opened it up?
probably all the ones with no oil
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