Once again there is a push to sell leases for offshore oil drilling in North Carolina. How many times has this idea been studied and rejected? The basic problems are: 1) Small amounts of oil that is difficult and expensive to extract, and the natural gas has a low value because gas is oversupplied right now, 2) Offshore North Carolina is a very important fishing ground and hotspot for seabird and other wildlife biodiversity, making it the least desirable place in the Atlantic for the continuous oil pollution that happens when you drill offshore, much less a spill, 3) North Carolina has a very valuable tourism industry that would be harmed greatly by the infrastructure and oil spills that happen when you drill offshore, 4) Finally, we have very frequent storms and hurricanes in North Carolina. This is not the peaceful Gulf of Mexico. Every time a storm hits, we'll be spilling oil and having equipment destroyed. And it will all wash up on the most pristine beaches on the Eastern Seaboard.
Friday, February 15, 2013
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