Holy crap...! Even OPEC thinks the U.S. should at least temporarily ban offshore drilling

when opec makes a statement like this, it would behoove us to pay attention...

OPEC called Monday on the United States to reconsider a ban on new deep-water drilling that could hold back oil supplies — despite safety concerns in the wake of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Abdalla Salem El Badri, secretary-general of the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, says offshore drilling is an important source of oil and any ban would be too hasty when the cause of the Gulf of Mexico spill is still unclear.

"We should not really ban it and we should not jump to conclusions," he told reporters after meeting European Union officials in Brussels.

President Barack Obama last month imposed a six-month ban on Gulf of Mexico drilling after an April 20 explosion at a BP oil rig killed 11 workers and blew out a well 5,000 feet (1,525 meters) underwater — spewing out hundreds of millions of gallons (liters) of oil.

A federal judge last week overturned the ban as rash and heavy-handed. The White House has appealed, saying continued drilling exposes workers and the environment "to a danger that the president does not believe we can afford."

as long as we have elected officials and judges wholly bought and paid for by the oil industry, we're going to keep digging our own grave...

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