That’s the MO of state and local officials who deplore oil production off the coast of California.
State and local governments would do well to stop stalling, scrap the green fantasies, and concede a simple truth: Californians need oil.
President Trump gets this; in Marchhe directedSable Offshore Corp. to resume oil sales off the Santa Barbara County coast, in service of national security.
Good move: Boosting local oil production eases reliance on foreign oil, protects against supply disruptions, and restrains rising gas prices.
Sadly, though, many officials in California government — state and local — would rather chase green Utopia than embrace this reality.
State government has sued to block Trump’s order; Santa Barbara County government has stalled permits for Sable operations; and a Superior Court judgejust upheldan injunction against restarting company pipelines.
Sableemphasized on Wednesdaythat it will pursue more than $100 million in damages against the county for the permit delays.
Put another way: Sable is drilling for common sense.
California — once the regional global leader in oil production — needs more homegrown energy, more oil supply to meet in-state demand, and more oil drilling. Not less.
Problem is: For decades, California governors, legislators and regulators, along with some local officials, have enacted polices to systematically dismantle the state’s oil production industry in the name of saving the planet.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
