Comments about ‘Utah oil and gas leases should be reinstated, report says’

Look at this headline: "Industry analysis says Utah oil, gas leases should be reinstated"

That's equal parts redundant and misleading. The "Industry analysis" was done by the Industry itself.

What did you think they'd recommend? How about a story like this: "Area Arsonist Association Recommends Arson be Decriminalized"?

I hope "Majority" is not among those Utahns who are still looking for work, and I hope he/she does not have an automobile that relies on oil or gas. I also hope that he/she does not plan on using gas to heat his/her home or electricity (generated by gas) to provide lighting, refrigeration, communications, etc.

"A new analysis by an association representing oil and gas producers ..."
... oh please... just put it on FOX NEWS...

Good point Dave. My gosh, I've never thought about it that way. I am such a hypocrite!

Wait...I have seen this before... read any article ever written about this subject and read the comments, and yours is on every single one, and you know what? It doesn't actually address the greater problem, and that is an economy centered on fossil fuel extraction being a threat to generations to come.

We all use fossil fuels. We are incapable of avoiding it. This computer is run on coal electricity. I'm SO busted. Why do I even bother?

The United States has enough oil to never import another drop for the next two hundred years but the environmentalist's have tied and bound this nation and will shortly deliver us over to our new master's.

borrowing money from China so we can pay the Saudis for their oil is just plain stupidity but we keep doing it. There are answers but I fear that the general public is too slow in demanidng them. Wind power with natural gas for base load maintenance is one component. More hydropower not less, CNG for big trucks. Coal liquification to diesel for long haul driving and electric autos for short haul driving and some common sense in valuing the snail darter and kryptobiotic soils would help. Forget cap and trade - it does no measurable good. And lets quit spending money we don't have - we are becoming a nation enslaved by our debt.

Yes, your computer may run on fossil fuel-produced electricity. But it also has many components made from petroleum products. Anything in it that is plastic, the ink for your printer, the plastic for your keyboard and monitor, etc., all come from petroleum products. Just Google "products made from petroleum" and you will find quite a list. Of course we need to develop ADDITIONAL forms of energy, such as wind or solar, but not EXCLUSIVELY those forms. We live in the Uintah Basin, an area hit hard by the administration's policies. Companies who were here have gone to Pennsylvania and other areas where drilling is not so restricted, which makes us wonder why Utah is being targeted. We need to become more energy independent from OPEC and other producers we are currently relying on, and put our own people back to work, producing our own oil and natural gas. Try going just one day without using something that comes from petroleum. No plastics, synthetic clothing, no asphalt paving to drive on, no TIRES to drive on--get my point? We need to be balanced and reasonable here.

You make such good points. How is one to disagree?

I mean, hey, the latest plan is to have 250 million electric cars in the United States by 2040 or so. Great idea.

But wait, uh, where would all these cars, uh, get their electricity from? Help me out here...
(And please don't say solar and wind - those sources are only good for 15 or 20% of USA's total need. In no way, could they ever even come close to meeting the need for 250 million autos)