Nov 20 2008
Basnight Still Opposed to Offshore Drilling
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina legislative leaders will form a committee to study whether offshore drilling is feasible off the coast.
Senate leader Marc Basnight said Thursday he remains opposed to drilling to explore for oil and natural gas reserves. Basnight is a powerful Democrat from coastal Dare County.
But Basnight and House Speaker Joe Hackney have agreed to create a legislative panel to look at environmental concerns and what the state can do proactively on the matter.
Oil prices have dropped below $50 a barrel, but that in no way means they won’t go back up again. Despite that threat Marc Basnight wants to risk plaguing his constituents as well as the rest of the state with unbearable gas prices which many economists say could return. Furthermore, he wants to keep North Carolina dependent on foreign oil, an exchange which puts money in the hands of groups like Al-Qaida, all in the name of faux environmental fears.
Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue has been opposed to drilling. But her campaign said she would be open to the idea if a team of scientists said it was safe.
And of course she’ll find a team of “scientists” who she already knows will be opposed to the idea, providing she even follows through with this at all. Perdue lied throughout her campaign so why do we have any reason to believe she won’t once in the governor’s seat?
