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Posted: 11:41 PM Jul 24, 2009
Oil Drilling Survey
A study financed by independent oil companies claims drilling in state waters would help reduce Florida’s double digit unemployment rate.
 Oil Industry Survey On Drilling Is Favorable |
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A study financed by independent oil companies claims drilling in state waters would help reduce Florida’s double digit unemployment rate.
The study was financed by Florida Energy Associates. According to the report drilling in state waters could pump seven billion dollars a year into the state’s economy.
Economist Hank Fishkind says drilling would also create jobs.
“We are talking about over 40-thousand jobs. We are talking about a new industry that would be developed in the state of Florida and tremendous support to government jobs because the oil revenues are so significant that they would support the state and support many jobs that the state supports.”
Opponents of offshore oil drilling continue to highlight the environmental risk.
Senator Bill Nelson is one of the biggest opponents of drilling off Florida’s coast. Friday Nelson’s office emailed articles to members of the media about oil being found on Texas beaches.
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Oh nada, nada.....I really appreciate your quantum leaps of illogic. I have no interest in either construction or real estate. I am, in fact, retired(and doing quite well, thank you.) I have watched this area go from pristine to poverty, and since pristine is no longer an option and poverty is unacceptable, I look for ways to spur economic growth. Bringing another fast food eatery online doesn't accomplish that. I do understand your penchant for the status quo. It's summed up in your screen name. Nada, in spanish, means "nothing." Quite appropriate, don't you think?
I am content with the status quo and my motivations are very clear. What's your game Rick? Real Estate? Construction? How is Rick going to profit from oil drilling? Or are we just supposed to believe you're trolling message boards trying to make the world a better place (for oil drilling) and have no financial interest whatsoever. Sort of like the so called "polls" this article is about.
Way to go nada......another bozo assuming facts not in evidence. I'm a native, I didn't move here. And I'm one who would like to eliminate the poverty and depressed conditions of the area. Since you chose to live here, why not try to make it a better place, or are you content with theh status quo?
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