re: #233 HappyWarrior

I assume a lot of the pushback is because no one wants to swim in an oily beach and that would be bad for the business interests that I imagine are huge in your town. I love swimming in the ocean too but protecting our oceans shouldn’t just be a principle so we can keep on enjoying swimming in our oceans but also so future generations can enjoy it and also protect the sea life there.

Absolutely for future generations. But, as much as the API touts JOBS (their numbers are idiotic—35,000 jobs over 20 years—big yawn), a state that is so reliant on tourism as ours is would be idiotic to jeopardize it so oil companies can get richer. Their claim of “energy independence, lower energy costs, bazillions of jobs, etc.” really sound hollow.