WTF does this mean - "I’m directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential

I edited it and deleted that part.

http://www.channel.islands.national-park.com/info.htm

"The park covers 101 mi2 (262 km2), mostly water..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Tortugas_National_Park

"The park is famous for scuba diving and snorkeling...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Park

Mean while, we are left with a polluted landscape and we pay more at the pump.

What a sweet deal...for Big Oil!

It is our national destiny.

Was talking about green energy Air Force will be investing in solar panels at the bases converting bldgs, etc.

they forced him to make a decision prior to full environmental impact studies. so he said no.

but he made it clear that he's not entirely opposed to it in general and that they're welcome to reapply.

the strong hint is that he will approve it after they go through the normal process.

will be under full siege from oil and natural gas interests going forward (NC). I dread it.

For better or worse, and in spite of all the repug talking points about it, most potential US gas and oil resources offshore are open for leasing. The oil sector has been at "full employment" for years now - with high global demand and high prices, its basic economic sense.

I think the main reason for saying it is to call the repugs on all their lies about how we're in a depression because "Obama won't let us drill", or whatever version they are doing now. Actually, the energy sector has been booming, we import less than half the oil we use now, and we are a net exporter of finished petroleum products - pretty historic stuff. As said though - good or bad, depending on whether its the economy or the environment you are thinking about.

Offshore deep drilling?
What could possibly go wrong?

that's what folks normally do round here.

What else could he have been talking about?

"Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years. That’s right – eight years. Not only that – last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past sixteen years."

Like everything else... we'll wait and see.