BigFin
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With gas prices being as low as they are, sooner or later, someone is going to ask these questions, so it may as well be me.
Got to looking back at all the threads/posts that said environmental regulations, restrictions on drilling companies, not drilling in ANWR, etc. were to blame for high gas prices.
Anyone who said it was a supply and demand issue was taken to the wood shed by many regulars here. To ask that energy development be held to the standards that protect fish and wildlife habitat, was treated as blasphemy. To state that the US could not change worldwide production/supply was reason to be called a non-patriotic Iranian sympathizer.
Well, all those "burdensome" restrictions are still in place, we have not drilled ANWR, and most other aspects related to these supposed burdens of production that were causing these huge increases are still in place.
If it was these burdensome restrictions causing those big price increases, why am I paying less than $1.50 per gallon, while those restrictions still exist?
Couldn't be that the gas prices were actually a supply and demand issue, could it? Nah, the oil companies said it was all those burdensome regulations, so that must be it. Couldn't be market driven.
Couldn't be that over the same period of time, the US dollar became a weakened POS, and with oil traded in US dollars, a weak dollar was contributing to these high prices? No way, the oil and gas guys made it pretty clear that without drilling everywhere, even in our most valuable wildlife areas, prices were just gonna go higher.
Since O&G industry claims the devalued US dollar has nothing to do with it, such must be the case, right?
Would like to hear thoughts of all those who bought the oil and gas industry BS and beat the "Drill here, Drill now, wildlife be damned!" drum. Some "experts" here had all the answers, and were quick to hammer anyone questioning what was being done to wildlife, in the name of "energy independence."
Whether hunters want to admit it or not, they were sold down the river by this administration (via their weakening of the agencies charged with oversight of the O&G industry) and the close ties this administration has to industry.
If any group could have had an impact on what happened, it could have been hunters, but we sat on our hands and kept our mouths shut too often. And, most the agencies and organizations we hunters support took the party line and stood quitely, or even in support of, the administration/industry.
Wonder if hunters are gonna take the bait next time the O&G industry, and some administration with very close ties to the industry, come back with the same story. I sure hope not.
Damage has been done, that will take years to repair, if it can be repaired at all.
Yes, when the US economy heats up, demand will increase, as will prices. And again, drilling the chit out of our most valuable habitat will do nothing to change those prices and trends, but will leave our children with even less wildlife than was left to us.
Hopefully the next time around, hunters will stand up and demand better consideration of wildlife when these decisions are made. Regardless of which party is in power.
"Hunt when you can - You're gonna' run out of health before you run out of money!"
Got to looking back at all the threads/posts that said environmental regulations, restrictions on drilling companies, not drilling in ANWR, etc. were to blame for high gas prices.
Anyone who said it was a supply and demand issue was taken to the wood shed by many regulars here. To ask that energy development be held to the standards that protect fish and wildlife habitat, was treated as blasphemy. To state that the US could not change worldwide production/supply was reason to be called a non-patriotic Iranian sympathizer.
Well, all those "burdensome" restrictions are still in place, we have not drilled ANWR, and most other aspects related to these supposed burdens of production that were causing these huge increases are still in place.
If it was these burdensome restrictions causing those big price increases, why am I paying less than $1.50 per gallon, while those restrictions still exist?
Couldn't be that the gas prices were actually a supply and demand issue, could it? Nah, the oil companies said it was all those burdensome regulations, so that must be it. Couldn't be market driven.
Couldn't be that over the same period of time, the US dollar became a weakened POS, and with oil traded in US dollars, a weak dollar was contributing to these high prices? No way, the oil and gas guys made it pretty clear that without drilling everywhere, even in our most valuable wildlife areas, prices were just gonna go higher.
Since O&G industry claims the devalued US dollar has nothing to do with it, such must be the case, right?
Would like to hear thoughts of all those who bought the oil and gas industry BS and beat the "Drill here, Drill now, wildlife be damned!" drum. Some "experts" here had all the answers, and were quick to hammer anyone questioning what was being done to wildlife, in the name of "energy independence."
Whether hunters want to admit it or not, they were sold down the river by this administration (via their weakening of the agencies charged with oversight of the O&G industry) and the close ties this administration has to industry.
If any group could have had an impact on what happened, it could have been hunters, but we sat on our hands and kept our mouths shut too often. And, most the agencies and organizations we hunters support took the party line and stood quitely, or even in support of, the administration/industry.
Wonder if hunters are gonna take the bait next time the O&G industry, and some administration with very close ties to the industry, come back with the same story. I sure hope not.
Damage has been done, that will take years to repair, if it can be repaired at all.
Yes, when the US economy heats up, demand will increase, as will prices. And again, drilling the chit out of our most valuable habitat will do nothing to change those prices and trends, but will leave our children with even less wildlife than was left to us.
Hopefully the next time around, hunters will stand up and demand better consideration of wildlife when these decisions are made. Regardless of which party is in power.
"Hunt when you can - You're gonna' run out of health before you run out of money!"
