President Obama and Congress Set To Try To Move Comprehensive Energy Legislation

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Congress Set To Take Up Energy Comprehensive Legislation…

  Unlike the healthcare reform legislation energy comprehensive legislation may get some bilateral support in Congress. Th main issue I hope is pushed is avenues so this country doesn’t become so dependent on other countries for our energy needs. Also I’d like to see a push for more alternative energy sources if that means building power lines for wind energy or building  more stations just for alternative energy such as hydrogen and electric. Hopefully congress will get proactive beginning this week and show the American people good things can be done in Washington and the good of the people.

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Rep. Joe Barton Of Texas Apologizes To bp On Paying $20 Billion Compensation Fund To Gulf Victims

 Rep. Joe Barton Apologizes To bp Instead of representing the people…

Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and ranking member Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) (R) preside over a hearing on “Developments in Synthetic Genomics and Implications for Health and Energy” by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 27, 2010.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH)

I expected a drilling from Congress to bp executive Tony Hayword but instead Texas representative Joe Barton comes out and apologizes to bp for the White House request that bp set aside $20 billion dollars to the victims of the gulf oil disaster and the clean up of the beaches and marshes. I can’t understand some republicans when they can visibly see the damage being caused to gulf families yet feel compelled to apologize to bp in behalf of a U.S. Congressman. Rep. Joe Barton why don’t you go to work for bp and start another oxdung public relations team in behalf of the oil spill?

President Obama To Address The Nation From The Oval Office On The Enormity Of The bp Oil Spill And It’s Affect On The Gulf

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the BP oil spill beside National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen at the Theodore Staging Facility in Theodore, Alabama, June 14, 2010.REUTERS/Jim Young

Obama to address nation over US oil disaster…

President Obama will address the nation on the complex and enormous disaster shaping up in the Gulf Of Mexico from bp’s undersea oil spill. The President will speak at 8:00 pm est from the Oval Office of the White House.

US President Barack Obama speaks after meeting with Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen and local officials on efforts to fight the BP oil spill at Coast Guard Station Gulfport in Gulfport, Mississippi. Obama labeled the Gulf oil spill an environmental 9/11 and made a fourth disaster zone trip Monday while aides strong-armed BP to set up a multi-billion dollar victim fund.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama talks about the the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Monday, June 14, 2010, at the Coast Guard Station in Gulfport, Miss. Back row, from left are, White House climate and energy adviser Carol Browner, National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, the president, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, his wife Marsha, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Deep Sea Drilling Still Science Fiction?

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Leaking oil and gas are seen during dispersant operations at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, in this screen grab taken from a BP live video feed June 11, 2010. British energy giant BP Plc will seek to nearly double its oil-collecting capacity by mid-July, the U.S. official overseeing the Gulf of Mexico spill cleanup effort said on Friday. REUTERS/BP/Handout (UNITED STATES)

Another deep water disaster looming?…

Yes we can drill 5000 feet and then another 3 miles under the seafloor to get to oil and natural gas deposits but what’s quite evident is if something goes wrong down there the technology is limited to what it can do in such depths. Sure bp has a high-tech command center in Houston with all the latest remote operating submersible technology and communication equipment but, with all of this high-tech equipment the oil disaster has shown the limitations the oil companies deep technology is against an oil spill nearly 5000 feet under the surface of the water.

I still think we should continue to explore and drill offshore in shallow waters. We are still very dependent on oil for most everything “unfortunately” and especially foreign oil which we pay dearly for. So I am still in favor for offshore drilling for oil in depths that are under 1000  feet but until technology and safety is advanced deep water oil drilling should be reexamined.

April 21st- Anchor-handling tugboats battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew.

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The Bayou Blues…Wildlife Deeply Affected By bp OIL

Wildlife photos vividly bring home impact of Gulf spill…

 

A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A brown pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon hasaffected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A bird covered in oil flails in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon hasaffected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Oil oozes through the reeds at the mouth of the Mississippi River near Venice, Louisiana. BP reported further progress Tuesday in stemming the Gulf ofMexico oil spill, but new evidence showed part of the slick could be swept to Florida’s beaches and sensitive coral reefs.(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)