Posted by
Vonnie on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:47:07 PM
In a TV interview, Sen. Bernie Sanders agreed with Neal Cavuto of FoxNews that we could include drilling to solve our oil problems.
In the Energy Renewable Committee meeting, Bernie said he was on conversative TV where they want to drill our way out of this problem. At the time, I thought he agreed because he could not think of any good reason to keep us from our resources.
Neal was so proud that he had brokered a deal. The Republicans would disallow oil company incentives and Democrats would allow drilling. Neal has said many times "all of above" as a solution to our oil problem, not just drilling.
Bernie asked T. Boone Pickens isn't it true that we can not drill out of this problem. Bonne explained that our oil wells are very mature, meaning our oil fields will have less to extract. This is determined by the gallon comparison between water and oil. More water to oil means less oil is available. He named Saudis and Veneznuela, who had 4:1 and 19:1 ratio. We have 100 gallons of water to every gallon of oil. He also said the estimate of 16 millions of barrels in ANWR is probably not correct. It is probably lower.
Although Pickens further said, "What the Democrats need to do is say at $30 a barrel, it did not make sense to drill in ANWR, but at $130 it now make sense."
Bernie thinks he is protecting us or protecting our country. I think he is protecting his biases.
I want 'all of the above', too. On drilling, I want one more item. I want to know the results of weekly test of water to oil ratio. Keep us aware of our gas tank level. This way we keep our focus on all other oil solutions.