CNN Poll on Continued Drilling..UGH!

[monmouth]

Should the U.S. continue offshore drilling despite the risks?
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This is not a scientific poll
Yes
61%
209224
No
39%
133386
Total votes: 342610
This is not a scientific poll


Wow. Does this CNN poll need some attention. Should drilling continue 61% YES, 39% NO

www/cnn.com

[Joanne98]

1. Done

[ericinne]

2. Well

Look at it this way.. the oil spill was a disaster... big disaster, but it's not a common occurrence. One incident shouldn't make anyone change their mind.

Think of a plane crash... if a plane crashes somewhere, should we NOT fly anymore?

[texastoast]

8. We shouldn't fly on shitty planes

Should we?

[Toucano]

11. That analogy may not be appropriate.

As I understand it, spills happen constantly at these installations.

This one is huge and is being reported.

The smaller ones don't get this much attention.

[drm604]

12. Good Lord

How can anyone seriously compare it to a plane crash? Does a plane crash destroy local industries for years? Does it take away the livelihood of people who've fished for generations? Does it foul beaches and destroy tourism? Does it cause billions of dollars in economic losses?

[ArcticFox]

14. Bad analogy

Drilling for oil at such high pressures is kind of like flying a plane through a plume of volcanic ash. Once you know that a plume of volcanic ash is likely to take down a plane, you don't keep flying through plumes of volcanic ash.

Similarly, once you realize that a mile of water and several miles of rock exert more pressure on oil than you can deal with, you should stop drilling for oil under several miles of water and rock.

[sabrina 1]

18. That is a false analogy.

We have no idea how many oil spills there are every year because they do not get reported. And if there was any way that this could have been kept secret, it would have been.

When something is capable of doing the harm offshore drilling is capable of doing, iow, destroying the planets eco-system, it is a far different issue than a plane crash.

If your analogy were to work, we would not be worried about everyone having nukes either.

[Downtown Hound]

20. A plane crash doesn't devastate entire coastlines and ecosystems.

Lame comparison.

[justabob]

3. I don't think people have grasped just how bad it is

and it is still ~safely~ offshore. I suspect those numbers will change dramatically once the main body of the slick starts washing onshore.

I am also curious what the demographics of that survey are... especially where the people who voted yes live. My bet is that they are mostly far inland.




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[me b zola]

4. Here's the link

http://www.cnn.com/


Idiots. Still 61/39% in favor of idiocy.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Guess that shows where the majority of CNN readers stand..which means nothing.

How may of them will be seeing oil wash up on the beaches near their homes?

[Mojeoux]

6. Oh Dear Lord!!!

Did that poll get freeped?
Are freepers defending BP?
WTF?!!

[DrDan]

7. "should the U.S. continue . . . " - that would include current drilling

I am sure some read it as "expanded" and some read it as keeping the status quo with respect to drilling.

A lousy question.

[texastoast]

9. Freeped n/t

[lamp_shade]

10. For sure. That's their favorite sport. On-line polls are meaningless.

[emulatorloo]

13. "This is not a scientific poll" -- nuff said n/t

[Chulanowa]

15. "Despite the risks"

Good fucking god, can people read?

[Chulanowa]

16. Fifteen thousand votes since you posted this, by the way

And not even a 1% swing in the results.

[monmouth]

19. Another mystery. CNN is not trustworthy in so many ways...n/t

[AuntPatsy]

17. I would have to say yes though at a time when more safety regulations

were mandated regardless of cost as in other countries...for now like it or not, we need it..