Scott R. Sullivan

August 1st, 2008 by Scott

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that’s what it takes to enact a comprehensive policy to foster fuel-efficient autos and develop alternate energy sources.

Shifting from his previous opposition to expanded offshore drilling, the Illinois senator told a Florida newspaper he could get behind a compromise with Republicans and oil companies to prevent gridlock over energy.(Source)

Um. I could just say, I told you so.

Let’s take a step back, though. It appears, people complained about the gas prices. Bush signed off on drilling and the price of oil has dropped pretty much every day since during the past two or three weeks. It is now $3.65 and $3.75 at the stations down the road from me.

Now, Obama sees the writing on the wall and realizes that drilling for oil will actually help our dependence on foreign oil. Go figure. Us plain old Republicans have only been saying this for, well, ever.

We need more oil drilled off our own coasts, more nuclear plants and more wind farms. In fact, my wife happened to help design the wind farms in Schuylkill County along the upper ridge of the Allegheny Mountains.

What President Bush needs to do is devote funds to increase the wind farms, nuclear plants and oil rigs and refineries in America. Doing a combination of these things will bring us back to the point where we don’t need foreign oil.

Although Obama is a flip-flopper for reversing his position, at least he’s giving us Republicans the ammo we need for drilling. Thank you Obama!

July 9th, 2008 by Scott

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not the headlight on the train. It’s actually something I was not expecting to happen at all.

The Democrats are starting to see the light. First some back story. Oil prices have been driven up by several reasons.

First are the speculators. They buy and sell on what they THINK the price of oil will be 25 years from now. This has been pushing the price up.

Second is increased demand from the growing China and India. Increase demand, price goes up. Economics 101.

Third are the laws pushed on us by the environmentalists that restrict our own oil companies from drilling off our own coasts. We have more oil in America and off our coast than Saudi Arabia and many other oil producing companies.

Well, the Republicans have been pushing hard to have that restriction lifted to allow a boost in production. Increase supply, you lower the price. Economics 101.

Finally, the Democrats are starting to realize the error of their ways and are beginning to open their minds to the idea of lifting the restrictions they created to allow drilling.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.

“I’m open to drilling and responsible production,” Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move. (Source)

I’m glad to see the Dems finally seeing what the Republicans have been saying for years.

June 19th, 2008 by Scott

I’ve made myself clear about McCain several times. He’s not a Reagan. But he’s better than electing a socialist. I’ve disagreed with McCain on many issues.

But he’s long promoted the option of nuclear power. On Wednesday, he said the following:

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Senator John McCain said Wednesday that he wanted 45 new nuclear reactors built in the United States by 2030, a course he called “as difficult as it is necessary.” (Source)

Building nuclear power plants is one of many good solutions to our dependancy on foreign oil. (The other options include drilling for oil off our own shores, but I digress).

And for all the environmentalists out there who are getting ready to cry “China Syndrome,” stop for a second and look at your European idol:

France has 59 nuclear power plants, producing 99.8% France’s power production. Take a look:

So, hopefully we’ll start building more nuclear, wind and hydro plants to supplement the new oil refineries that will be build if congress gets off their butt.