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[QUOTE=Lil Sis;4058721]I am sorry!

This is why I am so against drilling for oil. Of course in Florida it is off shore. An oil spill kills the marine life and the beaches are never the same ugh! And the tem clean coal is a joke, i wish we could use more energy such as wind power or solar...QUOTE]

I guess we are all against drilling for oil on or near beloved property or our own property but the alternative is to buy it from foreign countries that charge us what they will and then make life very painful for us to boot. So far no one individual will really let many wind power plants be put on or even near their land due to the noise and unsightliness. And we just don't have anywhere near enough of them to convert cheaply enough or efficiently enough to the electrical energy needs of all our cars and electrical grid. And then we'll all have to be able to purchase the cars. They are expensive to many working Americans just barely making it or without jobs right now. And our brand new Americans, immigrants, older people who still drive living on fixed incomes can never afford them until the price is brought way, way, way down. Businesses, cities, counties, states will all have to buy new fleets of vehicles. And from what I hear from the plants going broke, solar power isn't that effective, practical or cheap right now either. Nervous investors are holding back funds now for even the basics, let alone anything risky or not too sure so the funding just is a no-go right now for anything with very much risk.

All that said, it is a terrible shame any oil or wind rig or manufacturing plant can move in so near to where families and animals have to live, work and sleep and just make life miserable with the noise, smells or chemicals they work with! I would be talking to my senator and asking what to do.