Replies to post #13775 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[greenehugh]

Seems Trump floats a trial balloon to vet public opinion and then selects someone else.He may dislike Mexico, but may have just chosen a policy maker who will try to take us down a similar polluted path.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=oil%20drilling%20in%20mexico

[semi_infinite]

RE "At issue are the Arctic and Atlantic waters that the Obama administration excluded from future drilling leases. "

Obama had ambitious plans to open up the Atlantic OCS for leasing and had to withdraw when BP eff it up with Macondo. As it turns out, BP probably ended up saving a lot of money for the rest of the industry with the vast shale resources being succef=ssfully developed. Shell had done quite a bit of exploration r&d on eastern OCS and it is mostly gas. As for the Arctic waters, forget about that. It will be economically difficult. Even more so now than when oil prices were double what it is now.

[DewDiligence]

Sources now say Interior nominee is Ryan Zinke (not Cathy McMorris Rogers):

http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-picks-rep-ryan-zinke-to-run-interior-department-1481668785

Donald Trump has selected Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to lead the Interior Department, according to a transition official, tapping a freshman Republican congressman who, like the president-elect, is often at odds with environmentalists...

… Mr. Zinke has generally embraced traditional GOP issues when it comes to the environment. He opposed a recent Interior Department rule setting standards for emissions of methane…for oil and natural-gas wells on public lands, and he supports the Keystone XL pipeline.