Same as the old plan:
President Bush said yesterday that the relatively little damage suffered by oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico because of Hurricane Gustav should prod Congress to open more coastal areas to offshore oil drilling, sounding a political note in the wake of the storm.
Bush, who plans to travel to Louisiana today, said there were “encouraging signs” that Gustav did not cause significant harm to the oil fields along the Gulf Coast. But he said the storm’s impact on oil supplies and energy markets underscores the need for expanded offshore exploration.
“When Congress comes back, they’ve got to understand that we need more domestic energy, not less,” Bush said before a morning meeting with senior aides to assess Gustav’s damage to energy supplies. “One place to find it is offshore America, lands that have been taken off the books, so to speak, by congressional law.”
Hurricanes? That means we must drill for more offshore oil. And we should probably lease those areas to Big Oil free of charge. And give them a tax cut or government funding or something to help them out building new oil platforms in areas subject to hurricanes. Conservation? Energy efficiency. T. Boone Pickens vaunted windmills? Solar power? All worthless. We need more O-I-L! And if we just let Big Oil do whatever they want it will magically reduce the price of gas, restore our economy to prominence and increase the sex drive of every man over the age of 35, while simultaneously reducing the risk of breast cancer. But more importantly, it will make John McCain and George Bush happy. And when they’re happy we’re happy. Right?
Hey, makes sense to me.
Ps. We should also do this because John McCain was a POW.
Pps. And anyone who opposes this plan is just being mean to Sarah Palin.
Ppps. Want to start a pool on how quickly Democrats fold on this one?
