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To: tejek who wrote (73394)	5/2/2010 4:39:05 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Off-shore drilling is similar to nuclear power in that the disasters they cause are few and far between. The problem is that when those systems do fail, the results are catastrophic. A recent article regarding Chernobyl indicated that perhaps a million people died because of it. But we are still told that nuclear power is safe because the big accident didn't happen in this country. We have been listening to corporate propaganda about the safety of off-shore drilling for years. And now we find that when the rare event does come to pass, the entire tier of southern states will suffer, probably for decades. And don't think this will end off-shore drilling. As soon as possible, the United States government will restart continued drilling, just like they are restarting the nuclear industry...Even with the Dems and Obama in power we don't have a really strong commitment to make massive investments in "Clean" Green Energy technologies -- not on the scale that is required...It takes strong leadership and this country is WAY BEHIND China when it comes to our level of investment in wind and solar power.