they are tethered to one of those high horse how we are tugs. greta: is that since the exxon valdez? yeah these tugs have come into play. greta: can you get that far out of line on these tankers? when you get 1,000 foot, 900 foot ship, 200, 300 feet wide in this area, you lose power, you only have a few mopes to keep her on a straight track. greta: it is not so much they are going to get off the track they lose power they can steer? right there s not enough room to flip-flop here. greta: how far from us is where the valdez had its accident? probably about 20 miles from here. greta: did the spill from the did you experience it here? no. greta: why not? it don t flow uphill.
november. probably not. republican strategists think this plays into a larger pattern of the president and democratic leadership ignoring the will of the people. you didn t want obamacare they pushed it through. you support the arizona immigration bill, they tried to stop it. you opposed a mosque they favored it. this is going to be the theme you will hear from republicans. greta: the president first said he recognized the right. yes they have the right. he didn t didn t talk about whether it was good manner, wise, polite or respectful. he said the next day after he hammered, you think they would have tried to massage the issue better politically. what howard dean said today was sensible. he said this was something that could have been worked out between people in good fate there. is a consensus that the groups that proposes to build the mosque has the legal constitutional right to do some there s a consensus about that. it is a question of whether it
are doing is safe. the vice president of shell alaska went on the record. how deep are you drilling offshore? so these are fairly simple wells. we are in 150 feet of water. it is very different than the gulf of mexico deep water well. it has considerably less obviously water depth and less pressure. so it is a simpler well. greta: something that we have some level of history in terms of doing the shallow offshore drilling? absolutely. thousands and thousands of shallow wells in the gulf are in alaska. there s been five wells drilled in the alaska part 30 wells those were drilled in 1980s in early 90s. we ve been here before drilled successfully. greta: here s one of the problems that i see. if you have a catastrophe, i realize it is shallow drilling not deep water like in the gulf of mexico, it is harder
are doing is safe. the vice president of shell alaska went on the record. how deep are you drilling offshore? so these are fairly simple wells. we are in 150 feet of water. it is very different than the gulf of mexico deep water well. it has considerably less obviously water depth and less pressure. so it is a simpler well. greta: something that we have some level of history in terms of doing the shallow offshore drilling? absolutely. thousands and thousands of shallow wells in the gulf are in alaska. there s been five wells drilled in the alaska part 30 wells those were drilled in 1980s in early 90s. we ve been here before drilled successfully. greta: here s one of the problems that i see. if you have a catastrophe, i realize it is shallow drilling not deep water like in the gulf of mexico, it is harder
taken our eye often ball. we ve got to get in this economic competition to build lithium ion batteries and electric cars and biofuels so we can start building these products here and selling them to china. we ve made a start the first lithium ion battery plant which will replace gasoline is under construction this fall in holland, michigan with laid off american auto workers. that is a vision for this country that is both our destiny and the best hope we have to grow two to three million jobs in the next several years in this country. i think that s what we need to talk about. greta: i hate it is huge, very important. the wildlife. the magnificent mountain range, beautiful. then you have this coastal area. frankly, it is it has some beauty, but that s the area where they want to do the