The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.

I will note that the US is a net oil exporter, so this is all for overseas consumption.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    13 days ago

    The gulf is already a shit show. How about every rig put the full cost of decommissioning into an interest bearing escrow account and anyone who buys the rig gets the account as part of the process (stay sin escrow until decommission)

  • Joe@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    12 days ago

    I’m not even sure if it would be viable to drill even more with the existing overproduction in the market