Comments on: Pelosi Pulls a… a… Well a ‘Pelosi’ http://weakonomics.com/2008/10/03/pelosi-pulls-a-a-well-a-pelosi/ Everything That's Wrong With You And Your Money Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the ginger avenger http://weakonomics.com/2008/10/03/pelosi-pulls-a-a-well-a-pelosi/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 the ginger avenger Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:01:33 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/10/03/pelosi-pulls-a-a-well-a-pelosi/#comment-1349 You do realize that the only reason the Democrats are letting this ban expire is political, right? Americans (not me), as handicapable as we are, want offshore drilling because they've been told about all of our reserves. Well, they can't/don't understand the fact that it'll take 10 years for 1 drop of that oil to reach it's consumers. So, Mr. Weakonomist, what in the world are the benefits of drilling for oil that we won't see for another 10 years, as opposed to heavily investing in alternative fuel sources and r&d over the next 10 years? Public opinion is the greatest motivator for (non)action in a democracy, and the car companies are feeling the pressure to diversify their products in regards to fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel-supported automobiles. Congressional democrats knew that the only way they could maintain a fighting chance for Obama and their own seats in Congress, was to comply with what Americans were telling them to do. I freely admit that Democrats are often exceptionally weak and allow republicans to get away with everything, including bullying. I don't agree with what they did on any level because I oppose the all new drilling, but I certainly understand why they did it. You do realize that the only reason the Democrats are letting this ban expire is political, right? Americans (not me), as handicapable as we are, want offshore drilling because they’ve been told about all of our reserves. Well, they can’t/don’t understand the fact that it’ll take 10 years for 1 drop of that oil to reach it’s consumers. So, Mr. Weakonomist, what in the world are the benefits of drilling for oil that we won’t see for another 10 years, as opposed to heavily investing in alternative fuel sources and r&d over the next 10 years? Public opinion is the greatest motivator for (non)action in a democracy, and the car companies are feeling the pressure to diversify their products in regards to fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel-supported automobiles. Congressional democrats knew that the only way they could maintain a fighting chance for Obama and their own seats in Congress, was to comply with what Americans were telling them to do.

I freely admit that Democrats are often exceptionally weak and allow republicans to get away with everything, including bullying. I don’t agree with what they did on any level because I oppose the all new drilling, but I certainly understand why they did it.

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