Oil Moratorium 2

[ From "Santa Barbara Council Votes for Resolution Favoring Oil Moratorium," By Rob Kuznia, Noozhawk, 09/10/2008 ]


... Among those who spoke in support of maintaining the moratorium was Dave Davis of the local nonprofit Community Environmental Council. Davis said the United States needs to break its addiction to oil, and — given a newfound worldwide phenomenon in which demand is outstripping supply – is running out of time.

“By 2030, we will need 9.5 new Saudi Arabias to maintain the oil addiction we have today,” he said. “Offshore drilling is a distraction from getting to the real business of moving this country into a new technological frontier of renewable energy.”

... [Das] Williams referred to more drilling as “a bridge to nowhere.”

“The future is going to be in alternatives,” he said.

Williams added that he respects how the oil industry was once a major foundation of the South Coast’s middle class.

“I believe that energy can once again be a foundation of the middle class, but it’s not going to be in oil,” he said...




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