Oil rigs in Florida's Gulf waters? This article says there's strong support (floor, estimated)

[cupper3]

I think it would be a disaster for the Florida tourist industry to start having to deal with oil rig of the west coast Florida.

http://www.worldoil.com/Floridas_vot...oll_shows.html

[The Villages Guy]

I am mixed on it. In reality it should not be an issue at all. The likelihood of an accident is extremely small and even if there were to be one, these things are easily cleaned up nowadays. The gulf floor naturally releases more oil every single year than the latest BP oil disaster did. The ocean has a natural way to clean a lot of the oil itself and what makes it to the coastline is cleaned quickly. These little tar balls you hear about happen all the time and they are a natural process.

HOWEVER, "perception" is reality for many people and if there were to be an accident the perception for a lot of people would be that the coastline is ruined and they would stay away, resulting in serious short term economic consequences.

It's a tough call.

[jsun556]

Absolutely not. Keep those to Louisiana and Texas.

[DWMachineshop]

Originally Posted by PriusH8r

these things are easily cleaned up nowadays. The gulf floor naturally releases more oil every single year than the latest BP oil disaster did. The ocean has a natural way to clean a lot of the oil itself and what makes it to the coastline is cleaned quickly.

A 2003 National Academy of Sciences report estimated that the many natural seeps in the Gulf of Mexico together emit an average of about 2,762 barrels per day. The exact amount fluctuates over time.
The Deepwater Horizon well is a high-pressure gusher that recent estimates claim is spewing from 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. These estimates mean that the Deepwater Horizon well is emitting from about 13 to 22 times more than all the natural seeps across the entire Gulf.

[Pragmaticus]

There is high risk for doing such thing. No, thank you. Florida doesn't need that.

[rich67]

Florida DOES need them, and the country needs it too. I support it.


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[LKJ1988]

Bring it on. We can use around a 100 rigs from the elbow to the clover leaf 70 to 80 miles offshore. Make for some great red snapper and jack fishing.

[vaughanwilliams]

If you want to take the chance of make the Gulf more of a wasteland than it already is, go right ahead. A poll conducted by the American Petroleum Institute says voters support offshore drilling...shocking.

[CountryFisher]

Drill baby drill!

[tilli]

I am absolutely opposed to any rig visible from the shoreline and strongly opposed to oil rigs off our coast in general. After the BP debacle I have zero trust in big oil to take the proper safeguards to prevent major environmental damage.