Do You Think Environmentalists Are Celebrating That 100 Airports Are Closing?

Question

Our economy is quickly falling apart from high gas prices. People can't afford summer vacations, therefore will put vacation areas out of business etc. Dems in Congress argue to protect our environment we need to spend more money on alternatives than on drilling then also are telling us Oil.Companies need to drill where they have leases (where they can't find oil) Still that would do the same damage anyway! So why not drill where we have oil for sure? Its so dumb! They're arguement makes NO SENSE! We won't have alternatives for 20-30 years what do we do until then? INSANE ! China will be drilling up our oil soon, we need to drill now before that happens! Dems In Congress are UP TO SOMETHING! They will not even ALLOW a vote on drilling! 100 Airports will be closing in America soon, thats alot of JOBS! Car manufacturing plants are CLOSING already! Gas prices are still going up! Who is responsible - CONGRESS! Bush says DRILL IN ANWAR DRILL OFF THE COAST!

Answer 1

Your information is flawed and you don't back it up. McCain is either an idiot who can't remember where he stands on the issues or he is the biggest liar in the world. He has even voted against bills that he cosponsored. Any one with an ounce of intelligence can see through him.

Answer 2

State-By-State List of Large and Regional Airports Most Likely Impacted by Fuel Costs:

Alabama

Birmingham International

Huntsville International

Dothan Regional

Mobile Regional

Montgomery (Dannelly Field)



Alaska

Anchorage Ted Stevens Int’l

Fairbanks International

Juneau International



Arizona

Tucson International Flag

Flagstaff Pulliam



Arkansas

Little Rock Adams Field

Northwest Arkansas

Fort Smith Regional



California

Palm Springs International

Fresno Yosemite Int’l

Bakersfield Meadows Field



Colorado

Colorado Springs Municipal



Connecticut

Hartford Bradley International



Florida

Fort Myers Southwest Florida Int’l

Palm Beach International

Pensacola Regional

Sarasota-Bradenton Int’l

Daytona Beach International

Fort Walton Ocaloosa Regional

Key West International

Melbourne International

Panama City-Bay County

Tallahassee Regional



Georgia

Savannah/Hilton Head Int’l

Augusta Regional/Bush Columbus

Columbus Metropolitan



Idaho

Boise/Gowen Field

Hailey Friedman Memorial

Idaho Falls Regional



Illinois

Bloomington/Normal Central IL Regional Airport

Champaign University of Illinois-Willard

Peoria Regional

Quad City International

Springfield Abraham Lincoln Capital



Indiana

Evansville Regional

Fort Wayne International

South Bend Regional



Iowa

Des Moines International Cedar

Rapids Eastern Iowa

Dubuque Regional



Kansas

Wichita Mid-Continent



Kentucky

Lexington Blue Grass



Louisiana

Baton Rouge Metro

Alexandria International

Lafayette Regional

Lake Charles Regional

Monroe Regional

Shreveport Regional



Maine

Portland International Jetport

Bangor International



Massachusetts

Nantucket Memorial



Michigan

Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford International

Flint Bishop International

Lansing Capital City

Saginaw MBS International

Traverse City Cherry Capital



Minnesota

Duluth International

Rochester International



Mississippi

Jackson-Evers International

Gulfport-Biloxi International



Missouri

Springfield-Branson National



Montana

Billings Logan International

Bozeman Gallatin Field

Great Falls International

Helena Regional

Kalispell Glacier Park International

Missoula International



Nebraska

Lincoln

Omaha Eppley Airfield



New Hampshire

Manchester



New Mexico

Albuquerque Int’l Sunport



New York

Albany International

Greater Rochester Int’l

Islip Long Island MacArthur

Greater Binghamton/Link

Ithaca Tompkins Regional

Newburgh Stewart International

White Plains Westchester County



Nevada

Reno/Tahoe International



North Carolina

North Carolina Triad Piedmont Triad International

Asheville Regional

Greenville

New Bern Craven County Regional

Wilmington International



North Dakota

Bismarck Municipal

Fargo Hector International

Grand Forks International

Minot International



Ohio

Dayton James M Cox Dayton Int’l

Akron-Canton Regional

Toledo Express



Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Will Rogers World

Tulsa Tulsa International



Oregon

Eugene Mahlon Sweet Field

Redmond Roberts Field

Rogue Valley Int’l - Medford



Pennsylvania

Harrisburg International

Allentown Lehigh Valley International

Erie International/Tom Ridge

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int’l



Rhode Island

Providence Theodore Francis Green



South Carolina

Charleston AFB/International

Greenville Spartanburg Int’l

Columbia Metropolitan

Florence Regional

Hilton Head

Myrtle Beach International



South Dakota

Rapid City Regional

Sioux Falls Joe Foss Field



Tennessee

Knoxville McGhee Tyson

Chattanooga Lovell Field

Tri-Cities Regional



Texas

El Paso International

Lubbock Preston Smith Int’l Abilene

Abilene Regional

Amarillo Rick Husband Amarillo Int’l

Beaumont/Port Arthur Southeast Texas Regional

Brownsville/South Padre Int’l

Bryan/College Station Easterwood Field

Corpus Christi International

Harlingen Valley International

Killeen Robert Gray

Laredo International

McAllen Miller International

Midland International

Tyler Pounds Regional

Waco Regional

Wichita Falls Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls



Vermont

Burlington Burlington International



Virginia

Norfolk International

Richmond International

Charlottesville-Albemarle

Newport News/Williamsburg

Roanoke Regional/Woodrum



Washington

Spokane International

Bellingham International

Tri-Cities

Yakima/McAllister



West Virginia

Charleston Yeager



Wisconsin

Milwaukee General Mitchell Int’l

Madison Dane County-Truax Field

Appleton Outagamie County Regional

Green Bay Austin Straubel International

La Crosse Municipal



Wyoming

Jackson Hole

Answer 3

Dude, only really crappy electric cars go 20.



45 is pretty normal now for a 230 mile range plug in NEV.



If we don't have alternatives for 20-30 years we're screwed anyway don't you think.



Besides, what do you mean by "china" would be drilling up "our" oil? Believe me, it's no better to have Exxon and Haliberton drilling up "our" oil. You think if China or India didn't give them a better price for it they wouldn't be shipping out oil over there with a quickness and be laughing at us for letting them raze our land just to take the profits themselves?

Answer 4

I have never met a true environmentalist or even a true animal's right person in all my 61 years. Individuals I have met that claim to be environmentalist work in large offices that suck up a lot of energy and live in large homes the suck up a lot of energy. I have never met a animal's right person that did not wear leather belts or shoes and many even have leather car seats.

Yes, I believe many environmentalist support the closing of the airports. And I believe they support smaller homes, less material ownership. If we move back to the post war era, we used less energy, 28 % of rural homes were without electrity, less than 2% of the population went more than 100 miles on vacation. A large per cent of the population grew there own food. Not because they wanted to, be because they could not afford not to.

I keep hearing oil price are high because there is more demand than supply. However, I have yet to hear a single country that has ran short on gasoline or it is being rationed.

Answer 5

There are permits to drill & they are not drilling when are you guys going to get it through your head........they are lying to you. Google permits, oil.



They have permits to drill but they won't.



Oil companies are NOT DRILLING 2-GUESSES WHY AND ONE IS NOT RIGHT:



a group of Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation that would compel oil companies to drill in lands they are now leasing from the federal government.



"Oil corporations are trying to take control of as much land now during the oil-friendly Bush administration years, but are holding off on drilling until the price of oil soars to $200 or $300 a barrel so they can make even greater profits," Rep. Maurice Hinchey, a New York Democrat and a sponsor of the drilling bill.



The bill would force oil companies to pay fees for leased lands that go unused. The fees would increase over time. Republicans argue current law already requires oil companies to "use or lose" the lands they lease.

Answer 6

probably - and environmentalists have to accept a large share of the blame for blocking 1 construction of oil refineries 2 drilling off shore 3 building nuclear power plants 4 use of coal 5 drilling for natural gas 6 recovery of oil in shale - all of which makes us more dependent on foreign countries. and causes higher prices at the pump and elsewhere. cuba will soon be drilling for oil that could have been ours if we allowed drilling offshore florida.

Answer 7

The oil companies need to be broken up. Monopolies and cartels are illegal and that's what the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was for! For breaking the law, these monopolies should be broken up into pieces and sold off in public auctions! Watch how fast the new owners take advantage of all those oil drilling permits that the oil companies were sitting on to keep prices high!

Answer 8

Hooray!!



FYI, no one, including McCain, thinks that oil will be flowing in a year, it takes longer than that just to build 1 new platform, let alone new refineries, the shortage of which is a large part of the problem. You just made that one up.

Answer 9

They want give a crap until they are begging for food,then they will see the error's in their ways.



Are polar bears going to fill your gas tank,,,You my friend are ignorant of what is good for you.Would you have said the same thing about the natural selection of Dino's being extinct or do you think they could have been saved too?

Answer 10

When things like this happen it creates an opportunity for other businesses. I think it is time for us to create a high speed rail system. They have one in Japan and for all you environmentalists it is green. It runs off of electric magnetic current.

Answer 11

I agree with you, common sense has been thrown away by these wacko environmentalists in Washington...Its all about controling the masses. If we are broke, than they have the power, its shameful! Do you have a link about 100 airports being closed?

Answer 12

I must say, i agree that Congress is responsible for the higher gas prices, through the enactment of the "Enron loophole" that allows unregulated speculation in oil futures. McCain actually voted against its enactment, and openly spoke out against it, but now that the money is rolling in, he has been strangely silent on the issue and in fact has voted against amendments that would close this loophole and return gas prices to pre-insanity levels. He now evades questions about it and has the wife of one of its sponsors on his hand-picked team of economic advisers. One thing about McCain, he knows how to switch sides to whomever is winning!

Answer 13

I don't blame McCain for being indifferent to the environment. Chances are he will be dead of old age in two or three years.

Answer 14

We already have alternatives, and if we actually invest in more and better alternatives, we can actually get them. If we don't invest, then yes, we won't get that stuff for 20 to 30 years.

Answer 15

Probably. Airplanes are noisy, and disturb wildlife.

Answer 16

Yep!

Answer 17

Just those that do not use "Carbon Offsetting" as a fix.................

Answer 18

Try telling that to the polar bears.



Edit: haha it was a joke...overall i agree

Answer 19

change the school you are currently attending considering their academic standards are quite low