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Originally Posted by NoMyths
All of those things take a significant chunk of time that he's not alloting, though, Bucc. The reality of the situation is that even if they completely revise the process by which offshore drilling could open up, get the equipment and jobs and other things in place that could affect the economy, it won't be within any time frame that could be considered near. It's disingenuous to pretend otherwise. On a long enough timeline yes, those things can occur. But could any of them happen within a four-year presidential term?
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I don't think it really matters - people want to hear solutions from politicians, placating the fears and paranoia that have been drummed into them. The actual benefits of solutions seem to come to a selected few, whether a special interest or a geographical group, but as long as politicians talk like they are "doing something" and lambast the opposition for "not doing something", the cycle will continue.
To me, the best solutions are those that Congress can do to not penalize things but instead, to promote things. In other words, don't penalize energy providers for staying within the EPA mandates but instead, promote entreprenuership in making environmental controls better.