{"id":14384,"date":"2010-05-05t13:33:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-05t13:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/oil-spill-blessing-in-disguise-for-obama\/"},"modified":"2010-05-05t13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05t13:33:40","slug":"oil-spill-blessing-in-disguise-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/oil-spill-blessing-in-disguise-for-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"oil spill blessing in disguise for obama?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the gulf of mexico oil spill has set the alarm bells ringing. president obama called it an \u201cunprecedented environmental disaster\u201d. this mishap has sparked a debate about the environmental safety concerns related to offshore drilling. an immediate reaction to the spill was california gov. arnold schwarzenegger\u2019s withdrawal of support for a plan to expand oil drilling off the californian coast.<\/p>\n<p>after all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/29\/us\/29spill.html\">5,000 barrels of oil<\/a> are leaking into the water everyday and among other things, that has a huge impact on the aquatic ecosystem. the supply of seafood from the gulf is being curtailed as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaanews.noaa.gov\/stories2010\/20100502_fisheries.html\">national oceanic and atmospheric administration<\/a> has blocked fishing in federal waters from louisiana to waters off pensacola bay. louisiana alone boasts a seafood industry worth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/business\/fl-oil-spill-seafood-20100504,0,3548221.story\">$2.4 billion<\/a>. that will definitely be affected. that\u2019s not all, in the coming days, you and i might be paying a little more for our favorite seafood meal at a local restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>the writing on the wall is very clear, offshore drilling has a big risk involved. but didn\u2019t president obama recently make a case for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/31\/science\/earth\/31energy.html\">offshore drilling<\/a>? 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