Think drilling off Myrtle Beach will bring prosperity? Imagine tar balls on the sand instead
As I read the recent op-ed piece praising the benefits of oil drilling and production off the South Carolina coast, I began to sing a tune (with apologies to the Drifters).
“Oh when the sun beats down on the tar balls on the sand.
And your shoes get so sticky you wish you were on the land.
Under the boardwalk down by the sea.
That’s a place I will not be.”
Aside from all the misinformation in the piece (for example, the poll quoted never asked do you support drilling off SC?; It asked do you support off shore drilling?) look at the history of off-shore drilling. The Deep Water Horizon in the Gulf was called deep water because it was way out there beyond sight. Santa Barbara is still paying a price for decisions to drill in the 60s.
Jim Watkins, Pawleys Island
This story was originally published August 23, 2015 at 1:41 PM with the headline "Think drilling off Myrtle Beach will bring prosperity? Imagine tar balls on the sand instead."