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Dauphin Island Residents Eye Ike
By Pat Peterson Reporter
Published: Tue, August 05, 2008 - 6:02 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 10:03 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 10:03 pm
Pat Peterson
"It hasn't bothered the folks who live in Ft. Morgan,they have a lot of rigs right off their beaches," says Carol Morgan of Gulf Shores. "I don't think it'd be a problem. We need to do something locally to help the gas crisis. We need to stop relying on foreign oil and produce more of our own."
U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-Florida) agrees. Martinez talked about the national energy crisis today in Pensacola.
"We're sending 700 billion dollars a year overseas for oil and gas products all coming from our wealth and making someone else rich," say Martinez. "We need to look at more drilling and exploration out in the Gulf and do some other things like increase hybrid vehicle production and explore alternative fuel sources a little more."
Martinez also talked about new plans to build more nuclear power plants for alternative energy sources. The senator says nuclear energy will one day replace coal as a fuel source.
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why always go offshore, why not drill inland. drill both. every hurricane off shore drilling has to shut down. drill on land and keep a constant flow.