Will Paris Hilton’s energy plan work?

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Ms. Hilton declared her candidacy on comedian Will Ferrell’s website, Funny or Die. The video shows the blonde socialite lounging by a pool in a leopard-print swimsuit and high heels at her home in the Hamptons as she announces that she is, “Like, totally ready to lead.” After pausing briefly to finish reading an article in Condé Nast Traveller on where to fly to to get the best tan, Hilton outlines her energy policy:

Barack wants to focus on new technologies to cut foreign-oil dependency, and McCain wants offshore drilling. Well, why don’t we do a hybrid of both candidates’ ideas? We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight, while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars. That way, the offshore drilling carries us until the new technologies kick in, which will then create new jobs and energy independence. Energy crisis solved.

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How does this timeline compare to that of offshore drilling? McCain said last week that offshore drilling could produce additional oil in a matter of months, but that analysis is – how to put this delicately – completely bonkers. A 2007 report by the Energy Information Administration found that drilling in off the coast in the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf “would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030.”

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Joseph Romm, a former Clinton energy adviser and the blogger for Climate Progress, estimates that offshore drilling would net “under 100,000 barrels a day in supply sometime after 2020 — some one-thousandth of total supply.”


Complete article here:
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/08/06/will-paris-hiltons-energy-plan-work/

This editorial nails McCain to the wall.

[Debau2005]

1. I work in the oil and gas industry

My company doesn't drill, we support and maintain rigs, for companies that drill. Drilling offshore has been a water cooler topic for us. The off shore guys in my company say it takes, on average, 15 years to get oil from a new offshore rig. You don't just start drilling and expect it to hit the market in a matter of months. Leases have to be secured, Rigs have to be built, pipelines have to be laid, etc. McCain is an idiot! Not that that is news to anyone...:evilgrin:

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2. It seems to be news to Corpmedia.

Then again they aren't actually in the news business, are they?

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3. If you ever seen

Ms Hiltons campaign video "One Night In Paris" you have to believe her energy plan will work!