The Obama administrations announcement on Tuesday that more reserves will be open to more offshore drilling have hit me personally quite hard.  I find ii very difficult to stomach that we will be not only spending resources to research avenues that are unsustainable but that if more reserves are discovered it simply means more emissions.  What is the other side?  Is it simply a compromise that will result in an easier passage of the energy bill?  I hope so, but doesn't seem likely.

"But while Mr. Obama has staked out middle ground on other environmental matters — supporting nuclear power, for example — the sheer breadth of the offshore drilling decision will take some of his supporters aback. And it is no sure thing that it will win support for a climate bill from undecided senators close to the oil industry, like Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, or Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/science/earth/31energy.html?sudsredirect=true