Floridians: Masu yawon bude ido-schmourists… Drill, baby, drill!

Dolphins da pelicans da ke iyo kusa da yashi-fararen lilin na tsibirin Caladesi tare da bakin tekun yammacin Florida suna taimakawa kusan baƙi miliyan 80 da dala biliyan 57 zuwa “Jihar Sunshine” kowace shekara.

Kimanin mil 50 daga cikin mashigin tekun Mexico, kamfanonin makamashi sun ce mafi girman kyauta na jira a karbe su daga tekun: mai da iskar gas da ka iya cire Amurka daga dogaro da tsadar kayayyaki daga kasashe masu rashin aminci ko rashin kwanciyar hankali.

Bayan adawa da hako hako mai a teku na karni na kwata a matsayin barazana ga gabar tekun da suke da fa'ida, yawancin 'yan Floridian yanzu sun amince da hakan, kamar yadda kuri'u ta nuna. Man fetur na dalar Amurka hudu ya shiga aljihun masu kada kuri'a da ruhinsu, duk da cewa gwamnatin Amurka ta ce hako mai a cikin teku ba zai yi wani tasiri ba kan wadata da farashin mai.

A wata tashar iskar gas ta Hess da ke babban yankin da ke kusa da Caladesi, Gerald Walker ya ce a da yana adawa da hako mai daga Florida, har sai da farashin ya yi tashin gwauron zabo. “Hakowa? A kan dala 3.64 galan, duk na ke da shi,” in ji akawun ɗan shekara 60.

"Drill, baby, drill!" ita ce kukan jam'iyyar Republican, kuma dan takarar neman shugabancin kasar nan Sanata John McCain na jihar Arizona na kara samun karbuwa da ita, hatta a wannan jihar da ke gabar teku. Adadin Floridians yana tare da shi lokacin da aka gaya masa cewa ya ba da shawarar fadada hakowa don fitar da farashin, in ji Brad Coker na Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. Mason-Dixon na Washington na daya daga cikin kuri'un da aka gudanar a wannan bazara wanda ya nuna akalla 6. a cikin 10 Floridians yanzu suna tallafawa hakowa.

Tsaro na Kasa

"Ya zama batun tsaro na kasa saboda yaƙe-yaƙe a Gabas ta Tsakiya da sabon ƙarfin hali da zalunci na Rasha," in ji Coker.

McCain, mai shekaru 72, yana gaban abokin hamayyarsa na jam'iyyar Democrat, Sanata Barack Obama, mai shekaru 7, daga Illinois, da kashi 47 cikin 11, a zaben Florida da cibiyar zabe ta jami'ar Quinnipiac da ke Hamden, Connecticut ta fitar a ranar XNUMX ga watan Satumba.

A zaben shekara ta 2004, shugaba George W. Bush ya doke Sanatan Democrat John Kerry na Massachusetts da kashi 5 cikin dari a Florida. Masu jefa kuri'a a gundumar Pinellas, gida ga Caladesi da kuma kusa da St. Petersburg, sun raba 50-50 tsakanin mutanen biyu.

Amurka tana kona kusan ganga miliyan 21 na mai a rana. Kusan kashi 60 cikin XNUMX ana shigo da su ne, musamman daga Afirka, Tekun Fasha da Latin Amurka. Wasu daga cikin masu siyarwar suna nuna adawa a fili; Venezuela ta kori jakadan Amurka a makon jiya. An fuskanci tashe-tashen hankula a masana'antun man fetur a wasu kasashe da suka hada da Saudiyya da Najeriya.

'Mafi Sauƙi'

McCain yana "cika da alkawarin cewa matsalar makamashi matsala ce mai sauƙi tare da mafita mai sauƙi," in ji Paul Roberts, marubucin "Ƙarshen Mai." "Zaton shi ne cewa OPEC, masu sassaucin ra'ayi, masu mulki sun hana mu yin abin da ya kamata mu yi."

Shugabannin majalisar wakilan jam'iyyar Democrat, suna mai da martani ga matsin lamba na jama'a da bugun ganga na Republican, suna yin la'akari da kudade a wannan makon da za su bude manyan yankuna don hakar mai da iskar gas a matsayin wani bangare na samar da makamashi.

Laftanar gwamnan Florida Jeff Kottkamp, ​​dan jam'iyyar Republican, ya ce shugabannin jihar "suna da cikakkiyar masaniya kan yadda jiharmu ta ke da kyau" kuma ba su yi imani cewa hakowa zai yi illa ga hakan ba. "Dole ne ya zama fasaha mafi aminci don kare rairayin bakin tekunmu, kuma ina ganin hakan yana yiwuwa gaba ɗaya," in ji shi.

Fiye da danyen mai, gabashin Gulf na Mexico na iya kasancewa mai wadatar iskar gas. Rijiyoyin da suka kasance da aka rufe saboda dakatar da hakowa tun tsakiyar shekarun 1980 ana iya amfani da su "a cikin kasa da shekaru biyu ta hanyar kula da muhalli" ta hanyar amfani da fasahar zamani, in ji David Mica, babban darektan Hukumar Man Fetur ta Florida, kungiyar masana'antar mai.

Biya mara tabbas

A cikin al'ummomin bakin tekun Pinellas County, mania don hakowa har yanzu yana fuskantar shakku. Lokacin da Majalisa ta fara muhawara kan batun a makon da ya gabata, Majalisar Bunkasa Bukatun Yawon shakatawa na cikin gida ta rubuta wasikar adawa baki daya. Masu unguwannin yankin, masu otal-otal, masu gidajen abinci da masana kimiyyar ruwa sun ce hadarin gani ko muhalli ga rairayin bakin teku ya yi yawa ga rashin tabbas.

"Amurka tana da kashi 3 cikin 25 na arzikin mai a duniya kuma tana amfani da kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na yawan man da ake hakowa a duniya," in ji Sanata Bill Nelson dan Democrat na Florida. "Don haka hankali yana gaya muku ba za mu iya fitar da mu daga matsalar ba."

Wannan dabarar ba ta hana McCain mayar da hankali kan damuwar tattalin arzikin masu kada kuri'a kan wani dambarwar da ake gani na samar da mai ba. Jawabin da ya yi a ranar 4 ga watan Satumba a babban taron jam'iyyar Republican ya jawo wasu manyan rugujewar amincewa lokacin da ya yi alkawarin " daina aika dala biliyan 700 a kowace shekara zuwa kasashen da ba sa son mu sosai." Ya ce Amurka "za ta hako sabbin rijiyoyi a teku, kuma za mu hako su yanzu."

Kasashen duniya

Magoya bayan fadada aikin hakar mai “ba su yi kuskure ba su ce ya kamata mu hakowa; yana taimaka mana dogaro da mai na kasashen waje kuma yana nufin karancin kudi da ke fita daga kasar,” in ji Phyllis Martin, wata babbar manazarta a Ma’aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka. "Amma sun yi kuskure a ce zai yi tasiri sosai kan farashin," wanda kasuwannin duniya suka tsara.

‘Yan takara da dama ne suka yi na’am da kiran da McCain ya yi na yin tonon sililin kuma ya yi ta da ra’ayin masu kada kuri’a saboda a bayyane yake cewa a cikin aljihunsa - duk da cewa binciken da gwamnati ta yi ya nuna cewa hako ma’adinan mai yawa zai haifar da raguwar farashin watakila kashi biyu cikin goma na kashi daya bayan shekaru 18. fara hakowa.

Ko da akwai son rai na siyasa, mai yiwuwa ba zai yiwu nan da nan ba. "Akwai rashin fahimta cewa muna da duk wannan mai da iskar gas a bakin tekun mu, kuma kamfanonin mai suna jira a kan layi don yin gaggawa a lokacin da aka bude shi," in ji Martin. “Wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. Kusan kowace ma’aikatar mai ta riga ta hakowa.”

Komawa tsibirin Caladesi, Darren Wilder, mai shekaru 43, ma’aikacin bakin teku da ke ba da mafaka daga guguwar da guguwar Ike ta kawo, ya ce babu wanda ke son ganin rijiyoyin mai a sararin sama ko malalar da za ta yi barazana ga kifin tauraro da kazar da ke mamaye gabar ruwan sukari.

Duk da haka, tare da dogaro da mai ya zama larura na shekaru masu zuwa, "Ina tsammanin kyakkyawar hakowa za ta fi rashin kyau," in ji shi.