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Originally Posted by jviehe
The states should own the mineral rights and auction them off. I would love to have oil rigs off my shores as it makes for great diving.
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No kidding, I am a scuba diver too. However, most people do not realise that oil rigs in our oceans would create coral reefs, which is great for the ocean.
They're too worried about oil spills, yet neglect to realise that the Gulf Coast with more than 4000 rigs--not one of them spilled one drop of oil when hit by a cat 5 hurricane (Katrina.)