Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Apr 23 2008
Energy costs mean sacrifice is coming
I observed an interesting perspective on oil prices and oil production this morning. I must confess that I loathe the thought of drilling for oil off our California coastline. It was a mixed blessing to learn that we might not get that much oil even if we did resort to endangering our shores. Then I read another opinion piece, in which the writer reminds us that oil companies do not pay an extraction fee in California.
A few months from now we'll be voting on the issues in Prop 87. We have to cut something somewhere or we aren't going to be able to keep public schools going, keep roads open and have affordable food. The cost of transportation means everything else costs more. I don't know what will happen in November when voters go to the polls, but I do know that our sense of entitlement to a cheap ride is just about over in California. If we can't at least admit that much, we're in total denial.
posted at: 10:21 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
I observed an interesting perspective on oil prices and oil production this morning. I must confess that I loathe the thought of drilling for oil off our California coastline. It was a mixed blessing to learn that we might not get that much oil even if we did resort to endangering our shores. Then I read another opinion piece, in which the writer reminds us that oil companies do not pay an extraction fee in California.
A few months from now we'll be voting on the issues in Prop 87. We have to cut something somewhere or we aren't going to be able to keep public schools going, keep roads open and have affordable food. The cost of transportation means everything else costs more. I don't know what will happen in November when voters go to the polls, but I do know that our sense of entitlement to a cheap ride is just about over in California. If we can't at least admit that much, we're in total denial.
posted at: 10:21 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
