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Originally posted by tjacksonYes
Jobs
Energy
Fishing
How can any of this be bad?
Traffic?
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Originally posted by skinneejquote:
Originally posted by tjacksonYes
Jobs
Energy
Fishing
How can any of this be bad?
Traffic?
Inshore or offshore?
quote:West Ashley
Originally posted by mdaddyInshore or offshore?
NO!
Anyone who votes yes should take a long moment and see what the coastal estuaries, beaches etc look like around the oil/gas industry…
-Regulator 28fs
-Dolphin 18BC Pro
-Miscellaneous boats
“Everybody dances when shotgun sings” Stewart and Winfield
It’s only a 9 hr. ride to the Alabama coast! Every one should fish there once! There are rigs as far as the eyes can see both inshore and offshore, work boats and helos running 24/7, horns screeming and fish biting. Catch ARS in 30’ water, bait everywhere, boats running miles of nets right in your way.
Only right off Myrtle Beach; it’s already ruined.
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” - C.S. Lewis
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Originally posted by skinneejquote:West Ashley
Originally posted by mdaddyInshore or offshore?
No question traffic in Charleston over the last 4 or so years has become crazy. Took the wife and sister to the JOhns Island lights… Unbelievable traffic. Glad I was in a patient mood. I pity the residents in that area just trying to get home.
If any more business comes to Charleston something needs to be done with the roads!
That inland port sounds better and better.
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Originally posted by boatpoorIt’s only a 9 hr. ride to the Alabama coast! Every one should fish there once! There are rigs as far as the eyes can see both inshore and offshore, work boats and helos running 24/7, horns screeming and fish biting. Catch ARS in 30’ water, bait everywhere, boats running miles of nets right in your way.
Completely different ecosystem. We have live bottoms in 30-40’ of water here. Want to guess how good the red snapper fishing is there?
As far as the fishing goes it would help some im sure.
Only thing is we don’t have the Mississippi River.
There is much more to the fishing than the oil rigs I would think
NO
NO
-Wait until we really need it. (like our great grandkids)
Seems like we’re exporting a higher percentage of our natural
resources (79% now vs. 69% out of Texas alone).
-More than likely it will be exported and locals will not benefit.
-Support industry will ugly-up shoreline areas
-Damage to current live bottom areas
-Is there supporting data on a timetable from initial drilling to sustainable ecosystem for marine life? Some of us may never see it happen.
YES
-If the requirements include fabrication of multiple acres of reef construction that will make Alabama and Venice fishery seem pale. (not so much tuna but snappers, bsb, triggers, b-liners, cobia, kings, spades, sheeps…the stuff ya can do all day, every day in 40’ of water down there) .
YES.
Could revitalize towns like Georgetown and other areas of the state that have diminished with manufactures headed overseas or relocating.
Grady White Marlin 30 w/250’s. Sea-Breeze Marina
NO
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Originally posted by yellabirdI’ve polled this many times and I’m curious if the fishing community’s response will be the same as the general population. One simple rule: Please no discussion on oil. This is a poll strictly on the searching and drilling of Natural Gas. Please put your response in big bold letters at the top and elaborate below if need be.
Question - Do you support the search for and drilling of NATURAL GAS off SC’s coast?
Yes or No.
Thanks,
Stephen Goldfinch
“Sleep When You’re Dead!”
EDIT: Update - Many of you have answered, emailed or PM’d based on non-fishing or ecological issues, but simply that you can’t stand the traffic in Charleston anymore. Please take that out of the equation in your continued or edited responses. Charleston is NOT a suitable place for situating another terminal or port for this kind of work. Assume Georgetown.
Edit 2: There’s a moratorium on any drilling inside of 50 miles. That’s the current proposal, so I’ll throw that out as well. Change anyone’s minds? Make it better or worse?
Edit 3: If it’s not too much trouble put your location in the comments.
Thanks,
Stephen Goldfinch
“Sleep When You’re Dead!”
Sir Goldfinch
You know better than most what that 50 mile mark means. “The Ledge”. That is main hwy for most fish species from OBX to key west. Whether it is G Town or not, the ocean and currents affect the entire coast. Any oil spill or situation affects the entire coastline. We don’t need oil or nat gas right now. Supply is doing just fine. The focus needs to be on renewable energy going forward. This discussion honestly should have ended 75 years ago. The technology for nearly free energy is there…only its bought, silenced, or destroyed…as you know. You know my location is Charleston but this discussion affects the entire coastline. The fish stocks aren’t amazing right now as seen by many different facts and stats and as the population of people and boat owners continues to rise, the fish pressure and population is affected adversely. To me, this discussion is strictly about Food. The Pac and Atl Oceans are the 2 biggest food sources on the planet and we, as stupid humans, continue to forgo these facts. Every fish we eat right now has been poisoned by us. We don’t need more possible contaminant in the water to support an industry that shouldn’t even exist at this point. This is truth
NO NO NO. We need clean food more than these corrupt industries need more money
Still No
Until a time arises that we actually need it and it’s not to just make the uppercrust more wealthy at the expense of the little guys and our environment. No.
Could you guarantee that it would not congest Charleston worse than she already is? Weather it is Charleston, Beaufort, Georgetown, or the Myrtle Beach area. We don’t need more growth on our coasts.
If there arises a need for this Natural Gas let’s dust off the plans for an inland port to include bringing up I95 and I26 to modern traffic capacity. It would be safer from Storm surges and nasty weather that could devastate a refinery causing devastating ecosystem damage.
No from Hollywood.
Don’t risk what we have over something we don’t need. The thought of offshore drilling is terrifying.
*** World Cat 266 SC ***
My answer is still no… Natural gas is one of the most abundant resources on the planet. They are discovering it in new places every single day. The more that is discovered, the less it’s worth. Trust me, I invested heavily in nat gas stocks about 10 years ago, and I’m still eating that investment. I’m just not sold on any benefit that it could provide here. The “scar” on the state is just not worth any “jobs” benefit it might bring. There is a reason why people ■■■■■ to SC each year and never leave. It’s because of the natural beauty of this state. I don’t see a reason to change that and turn us into something we are not. What’s the point? Just “because we can”?
I would like to see more fishable bottom off our coast. Right now there are many miles of unfishable MPA’s off our coast. No rigs in MPA’s, Only where we can fish them. Drilling for natural gas is much cleaner than oil drilling . I would like to see rigs off the SC coast, but no infrastructure in Charleston. Georgetown can use the jobs. Its an underutilized port . Under the right plan , I’m for it.
Still NO
It is my understanding that in March 17 the administration reopened this discussion and instructed BOEM to removed the 50 mile exclusion zone for exploration and drilling. They opened up exploration and potential permitting to the 3 mile state territorial waters boundary. I may be wrong but I believe I heard this during the House AG subcommittee testimony, particularly in the testimony from DHEC. That makes it even more unpalatable to me.