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Joe Romm:

http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/04/u ... aby-drill/

In a new energy policy paper, the Conservatives offer proposals that would give tax breaks to multinational oil companies, and ‘streamlining’ of licensing arrangements, to encourage more offshore oil drilling – and they want to do it in some of Britain’s most sensitive seas.

The new Conservative policy seems to be a reaction to the recommendations of former Tory energy Minister, Tim Eggar. Despite sitting on the board of a number of oil companies, Eggar was hired by George Osborne, just a couple of months ago, to lead a review of the tax arrangements for offshore oil drilling in UK waters. He is understood to have canvassed the big oil companies asking what they would need to make new oil drilling economic.

In the energy policy paper, the Conservatives say they’d like to open up an area of Ocean off the Shetland Islands that is important for its whale and dolphin populations. The area off the coast of Shetland also contains a couple of ‘special areas of conservation’ such as Darwin Mounds, designated for its cold water corals, and Wyville Thompson Ridge, proposed for its stony reef species and bottle nose dolphins. It’s not clear if these special sites would be under threat from the plan.

The Conservative policy says “We need policies designed for hunting [oil]”

Vote BAU party!

You know it makes sense!

Really doesn't everyone say drill baby drill, I don't know anyone who doesn't use oil .

Most of the people I know are socialists of various kinds and their big issues aren't green issues the bnp are more green than the average labour supporter .

Had a facebook discussion a couple of days ago, and was told by labour activists the uk has loads of land population isn't a problem thats just scaremongering by the far right, the important issues is higher wages more council houses .

The conservatives and liberals are about as bad

The UK's average ecological footprint is 5.45 global hectares per capita (gha) with variations between regions ranging from 4.80 (Wales) to 5.56 (East England). uk ecovillages have managed 3.20-2.71 the 2.71 figure is one of the lowest figures ever measured in the industrial world
the average biologically productive area per person worldwide is between 1.8 and 1.3 global hectares per capita

Id like to know what the average biologically production area per person in the uk is going to be, Id guess it will be below the world average because we are so over populated, we have a 62,041708 population at the moment heading towards 70 million.

Before fossil fuels we never had more than 10 million, anything about that in labours manifesto any one child policy no bring more people in so we can all starve together

jonny2mad wrote:Really doesn't everyone say drill baby drill, I don't know anyone who doesn't use oil .

Well said, exactly, j2m.

jonny2mad wrote:Really doesn't everyone say drill baby drill

Er, no.

biffvernon wrote:

jonny2mad wrote:Really doesn't everyone say drill baby drill

Er, no.

Is there absolutely nothing in your life that uses oil, biff?

emordnilap wrote:

biffvernon wrote:

jonny2mad wrote:Really doesn't everyone say drill baby drill

Er, no.

Is there absolutely nothing in your life that uses oil, biff?

I think that means "yes" at the moment but he can pack it in if necessary.

Exactly so.

Interesting.

You should post instructions.