gulf of mexico

Tropical Storm Fay continues to confound the experts!  The crazy model runs show all sorts of scenarios. Click on the map shown below for more detail.

Amid all the discussion about energy policy in the last few days, one fact has been overlooked by virtually every single media outlet save CNN: Gas prices are dropping.

Last week we signed on to a petition to the EPA requesting them to set and enforce numeric standards to limit nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River Basin. EPA has disregarded its responsibility under the federal Clean Water Act to limit pollution in the Mississippi River, and it’s time [...]

If you've seen the TN GOP ad, or this McCain ad, you'd think Obama was responsible for high gas prices.
Why this issue is a red herring and is designed to persuade the ignorant to capture votes:

If you’ve seen the TN GOP ad, or this McCain ad, you’d think Obama was responsible for high gas prices.
Why this issue is a red herring and is designed to work with the ignorants to capture votes:
1) There are 172 US offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, and 26 off of southern California. [...]

So, if this is what can happen with a moratorium on off-shore drilling, just imagine what might happen should John McCain become President, end the moratorium, and loose the hounds on the Gulf of Mexico in the name of keeping the money flowing into oil company coffers.

From the AP: