[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     ANTI-DRILLING CROWD AND ETHICS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, the anti-crude oil crowd has an ethical 
dilemma. You see, they don't want to drill for crude in Alaska, they 
don't want to drill offshore, especially off that sacred west coast. 
They don't want any refineries to produce that crude into products. 
They are just against all this nonsense. After all, they say, crude is 
the demon of the Earth.
  However, they don't have a problem with using everything that comes 
from crude, like gasoline that comes from crude off the Texas east 
coast, refined in American refineries. And it seems to me that the 
irrational non-drillers should lead by example, rather than being 
hypocritical by preaching damnation to crude oil, but using its by-
products every day. So no more plastic water bottles, no using 
insecticides, no more fertilizer, medicine, candles, nylon, paint, 
makeup, perfume, computers or detergents. No more car rides or plane 
rides, and no more home heating oil come winter. After all, all of 
these things come from crude oil.
  The radical don't-drill folks should literally walk the walk, instead 
of talking the big talk about how they are going to save us all from 
that demon crude oil, but sanctimoniously use its products every day.
  And that's just the way it is.

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