Last week I drove to San Luis Obispo to give a speech. On the way I passed Refugio Beach, the zero point for the pipeline oil spill. Lots of cops and activities, though the ocean did not seem to have a lot of problems. The good news is that previous spills were thousands of times bigger had no long term affect on the wildlife, the fish or the community. .That does not mean we should not be more careful in the transmission of oil. On the other hand we should not close down gas stations, ban cars or force everyone to become farmers just because of an incident.
“The second point is that the local environmental community and our county supervisors can’t have it both ways. They can’t claim to be concerned about the greenhouse gas emissions from the industry and the potential for spills along our coastline while ignoring altogether the fact that our coastline is home to the second largest source of naturally occurring oil and gas leaks in the world. Pollution is pollution, no matter where it comes from. These seeps foul our waters and the emissions from the same are equal to all the emissions from all the vehicles on the 101 freeway every day, the largest source of greenhouse gas in the region.”
When will the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors ban nature—that would be the obvious step to take if they are opposed to oil spills. Silly people.
Editorial : Guest Opinion: The oil spill in proper perspective
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More stupid liberal hypocrisy. Let’s see now. We have had 2 oil spills in 46 years. During that time trillions of gallons of oil, gasoline and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas have moved around this State with out problems. If I were Exxon, Standard Oil or any other producer I would say: You know CA, you don’t like us and try constantly to harass us with your smothering regulations. You won’t let us build any new refineries, You insist on a gasoline formula that no other States require so we can’t borrow when one of our refineries goes down. We barely have enough capacity if everything is 100% and you accuse of “setting” the prices to our benefit.
So we have decided to shut down our refineries and move them to a State that treats us like any other big company. We’re not sure where you will get gasoline for the stations that are still here, but I’m sure you will figure out something.
We must close the Pacific Ocean, and drain it to seal the cracks on its floor.