"You Don't Really Need Energy".......Obozo & Co.

Chapter 23,445 of the "Screw YOU!" approach by the Obozo-ites.

...President Obama called for annual lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), not necessarily out of any conviction that increased domestic energy supply is good for prices and national security, but basically to perpetuate the myth that the oil companies refuse to drill in leased or leasable areas.

Phillips/Conoco accepted his challenge.  They weren't supposed to, of course, but they did.

So he had to find another way to stop domestic energy production, and he DID!!


...To get it out, Conoco Phillips wants to build a road bridge and pipeline over the Colville River on the edge of the NPRA to get drilling supplies in and the oil and gas out.

The Army Corps of Engineers, backed by the usual environmental suspects, says a pipeline under the river, which is frozen half the year, is preferred even though the oil company has said it would be less safe.

The oil firm argues that since the pipeline will carry a mix of oil, gas and water, it would be at greater risk of corrosion and leaks under the water. An above-ground pipeline would be easier to monitor and maintain.

But Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has impeded domestic energy production anywhere he can on environmental grounds, supports the Corps' decision.

The usual EnviroGeek twaddle then gushes forth--with the other vomitus--from the mouth of Salazar.