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US Coast Guard Needs Billions of Dollars to Cover Oil Companies in the Arctic

OilPrice.com -- Shell is one of six energy companies hoping to begin drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic next month. Global warming has led to large amounts of ice melting, which in turn has opened up new areas off Alaska’s north coast, ready for oil and gas exploration.

Since 2005 Shell has spent $4.5 billion preparing for its upcoming Arctic adventure, but it now turns out that US citizens may be required to fork out nearly as much in order to control and regulate oil company operations in the Arctic.

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Submitted Jul 19, 2012 By: NOTSOGRN

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,590 Points:1,606,595 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jul 22, 2012 5:01:37 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse You said it, LeEC. Just doesn't WANT to b/c it cuts the addictive high and near record profit margins.
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,835 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 9:03:53 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Big Oil can well afford to pay this bill
Agarre Champion Author Richmond Posts:1,335 Points:263,785 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 5:29:45 PM Ignore Agarre Report Abuse Tax money ?
HawaiianGuy Champion Author Idaho Posts:9,512 Points:3,076,755 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 12:15:36 PM Ignore HawaiianGuy Report Abuse Big Oil will always need oversight. They've proven themselves incapable of policing themselves, most notably the recent BP Gulf catastrophe.
sparky808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:2,982 Points:595,630 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 10:16:42 AM Ignore sparky808 Report Abuse Thank you for posting.
KhelbenArunson Champion Author Michigan Posts:4,430 Points:714,940 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 6:21:06 AM Ignore KhelbenArunson Report Abuse Make the oil companies pay the government for coast guard services.
sprocketsplines Champion Author Washington Posts:1,667 Points:857,715 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 10:36:09 PM Ignore sprocketsplines Report Abuse The comment that "the Coast Guard has zero capability in the Artic" suggests that the Coast Guard must figure the U.S. stops at the 49th parallel. The oil and gas exploration activity off Alaska's north coast only serves to bring matters to a head.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,257 Points:2,141,000 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 10:00:46 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Jul 19, 2012 11:22:09 PM, jkspr wrote: >Why can't the government subsidized oil companies pay this bill? Why should they? Most of them don't do business here in the first place.
jkpsr Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,069 Points:1,099,855 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:22:09 PM Ignore jkpsr Report Abuse Why can't the government subsidized oil companies pay this bill?
quasar502 Champion Author Lansing Posts:3,568 Points:798,425 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:20:57 PM Ignore quasar502 Report Abuse If you want the expansion, you need the infrastructure.
boatfloyd Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,703 Points:385,050 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:20:07 PM Ignore boatfloyd Report Abuse Let the Oil Companies pay.
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tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:17:19 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Sure, let the taxpayer help these companies make money. Tax the hell out of the population. Legislators use this money as their own anyway
Bigwaynef Champion Author South Carolina Posts:11,451 Points:2,077,835 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:16:23 PM Ignore Bigwaynef Report Abuse But we need several billion to house & feed the illegals...
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ManOfLeisureII Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:1,859 Points:451,975 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:12:57 PM Ignore ManOfLeisureII Report Abuse A billion here.....a billion there....pretty soon it adds up to real money......
SavALot Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:8,459 Points:1,708,910 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:12:24 PM Ignore SavALot Report Abuse Billions gets thrown around so nonchalantly nowadays
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LCSTEELERBOB Champion Author Gary Posts:2,961 Points:720,030 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:11:41 PM Ignore LCSTEELERBOB Report Abuse take the cost from the oil companies cost and not to reflect on us
unclemattie Veteran Author Atlanta Posts:289 Points:456,905 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:11:18 PM Ignore unclemattie Report Abuse Global warming, huh? Nothing to do with the large solar flares hitting the earth this year. OK
SWAPCAR1 Veteran Author New Jersey Posts:430 Points:1,727,600 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:11:10 PM Ignore SWAPCAR1 Report Abuse The drillers should pay.
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txkrb Champion Author Texas Posts:1,553 Points:635,565 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:03:08 PM Ignore txkrb Report Abuse "the Coast Guard has zero capability in the Arctic" Then how did they help that russian tanker get gas and diesel to the town in Alaska last winter
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jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,881 Points:769,345 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:02:35 PM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse We will eventually doom ourselves.
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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,835 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 8:55:52 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Drillers should bear the cost!
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MrLuigi Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,758 Points:963,760 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 8:44:26 PM Ignore MrLuigi Report Abuse absolute BS if they want us to pay for it with the record breaking profits the oil companies have been squeezing out of us these past several years!!!
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 8:42:38 PM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse “Global Warming is a lie” Oh man, not another ostrich. Wake up and look around. Why is the ice disappearing in the Arctic Ocean? Why are glaciers melting everywhere? Why have the last few years been among the warmest on record? These may be cyclical changes but, if so, we are clearly on a strong up cycle, which will have devastating impacts on coastal areas all over the world if it continues much longer.
CorvairHaven Champion Author Cleveland Posts:4,344 Points:1,451,140 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 8:39:29 PM Ignore CorvairHaven Report Abuse Your tax dollars at work.
91Hilux Champion Author New Haven Posts:2,152 Points:678,770 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 8:39:07 PM Ignore 91Hilux Report Abuse This article is total BS! My father was stationed in the Arctic on a Coast Guard cutter. There are still a few thousand Coast Guard members currently up there who will argue against "not being able to operate there"
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