Tuesday, August 19, 2008

CARE & the letter to the Gang of Ten Coalition

"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit."

Gordon Gekko, Wall Street (1987).

CARE, Citizens' Alliance for Energy Responsible, founded in part by Ron Arnold, and other aggressively pro oil & gas drilling advocates, have sent a letter to the "Gang of Ten Coalition," promoting more drilling: "Any legislation which rejects proposals to expand oil and gas drilling, and other energy development on federal lands, prevents progress towards lessening America’s dependence on foreign oil."

In short, expanding domestic drilling will not make America foreign oil independent. If one word were to sum up the impetus for more off shore drilling and costly oil shale mining and drilling -- greed. Also, see post:

Shock doctrine opens way for oil drilling, Naomi Klein on disaster capitalism

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