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To: Road Walker who wrote (18804)	3/31/2010 10:21:24 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

I want to drill off washington state

To: Road Walker who wrote (18804)	3/31/2010 10:30:51 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 86355

Global Warming Strikes Again By: Greg Pollowitz Planet Gore Hey, where did all this Arctic ice come from? The Daily Green: <<< Only two months ago, it looked as if the Arctic sea ice extent was trending so far below normal that it might set a new record. The extent of Arctic sea ice, a barometer on global warming and one of the most easily visualized effects of climate change, was 1 million square miles short of average throughout February. But, lo and behold, so much new ice froze in March that the overall extent for this winter will end up nearly normal, as compared to the long-term average. That's a headline no one could have written for years, as the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped, rhythmically with the seasons, but dropped precipitously and consistently for years. The record-setting extent of melting in the past three summers was to a degree not expected for decades, under mainstream scientific predictions of just a few years ago. As the ice melts, polar bear, Pacific walrus, ribbon seals and other species struggle for survival, and the potential for human use grows -- for oil and gas drilling, and for shipping through once ice-locked channels. The extreme melting in the Arctic has been seen as a harbinger for things to come elsewhere at other latitudes: Does it mean that the worst-case predictions for other aspects of global warming are inevitable? Wildfires, droughts, crop failure, sea-level rise, massive rates of species extinctions . . . >>> Blah, blah, blah. The rest here, if you feel the need. h/t sully .

To: Road Walker who wrote (18804)	3/31/2010 10:37:57 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

Lets see what the proposal is ... so far it looks like its a political response to VA WANTING drilling. But puts a new bar on drilling offshore AK, CA and the west coast, NE, and pushes drilling offshore FL even farther out. The timing of lease sales will be another thing to look at .... are they going to delay till after 2012 ... when presumably Obama, if re-elected (they can dream) can pull the rug out. I'll be impressed if they allow any lease sales before 2012.