Interior proposes 73 million acres for drilling in Gulf Of Mexico

[Jimbo101]

Rawstory

The Department of the Interior announced Monday a proposal that would lease 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration and development later this year, according to a statement. The massive amount of acreage, spread out across Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas’ shores, would first be put up for sale on Aug. 16 and it would also include “all available unleased areas in federal waters” in the gulf, the statement read.

“Opening more federal lands and waters to oil and gas drilling is a pillar of President Trump’s plan to make the United States energy independent,” Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke said in a statement. “The Gulf is a vital part of that strategy to spur economic opportunities for industry, states, and local communities, to create jobs and home-grown energy and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

[Phoenix61]

1. Because that turns out so well.

People have no idea how many spills there are in the Gulf. Old wells that were abandoned but not securely capped. Spills that don't get reported because no one sees them. The dead zone in the Gulf gets bigger every year. I guess they won't be happy until it's a great big cess pool. It seems the answer to "How stupid can they be?" is "Beyond anything we have ever seen before."