Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Lets Not Go Back!
Huntington Beach during the era of coastal oil.
Huntington Beach today! Let's not go back!
From Shifting Baselines in the Surf. See the short here.
Join us at the pre-rally tonight at Sports Basement.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Me, Myself and Bob
A few excerpts from Surfing Magazine's Matt Walker who thinks you should attend the hearing on new offshore oil drilling being held in San Francisco this Thursday (4/16).
In the days before San Francisco’s public hearing on offshore energy, a note from North Carolina’s “don’t drill” delegation. All two of them.
That’s right: while every state from Virginia north sent at least one energy expert or elected politician, my home’s official opinion came down to two average shmoes. And when Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar finally asked if there was “Anyone -- ANYONE -- here from North Carolina?” Bob happened to be in the bathroom. Meaning — of more than 9 million potential voices —Salazar heard only one: mine.
We’re lucky; Georgia, South Carolina and Florida sent nobody at all. The point? You can’t count on someone else to speak your mind in these fights. So as we head toward the West Coast energy hearing in San Francisco on April 16, think long and hard on how much you can depend on your fellow surfers to show up. And, assuming they do, consider whether they will actually echo your personal views.
Read the whole story...
Monday, April 13, 2009
(No) Drill, Baby, Drill
Thomas Friedman's latest column entitled "(No) Drill, Baby, Drill" explains how Costa Rica banned offshore drilling and is using the concept of "payment for environmental services" to ensure that economic development and environmentalism work together. Today Costa Rica gets more than 95 percent of its energy from these renewables.
Sounds like we could learn a thing or two from Costa Rica. Read the article.
Interior Hearing Web Page
This informative page explains how to participate in the hearings and provides information on recent findings and the previous hearings
Why Aren't Oil Companies Drilling?
CBS Evening News: Oil Companies Are Only Exploring One-Third Of U.S. Land They Have Rights To
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 | by Armen Keteyian
(CBS) It was the battle hymn of the Republican National Convention last summer: "Drill baby, drill."
With gas prices soaring to $4 or more a gallon, the call for off-shore oil drilling in places previously off-limits hit a fever pitch, reports CBS News chief investigative reporter Armen Keteyian.
But despite making record profits, today, oil companies are drilling on less than one-third of the acreage in this country that they have the rights to.
John Felmi represents the oil industry.
"The leases aren't being used because there's probably no oil there," said Felmi, the chief economist with the American Petroleum Institute.
Read the rest...
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 | by Armen Keteyian
(CBS) It was the battle hymn of the Republican National Convention last summer: "Drill baby, drill."
With gas prices soaring to $4 or more a gallon, the call for off-shore oil drilling in places previously off-limits hit a fever pitch, reports CBS News chief investigative reporter Armen Keteyian.
But despite making record profits, today, oil companies are drilling on less than one-third of the acreage in this country that they have the rights to.
John Felmi represents the oil industry.
"The leases aren't being used because there's probably no oil there," said Felmi, the chief economist with the American Petroleum Institute.
Read the rest...
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