1 Oh snap!  Vinty told Ramesh twice!

2

The most destructive tool in the Federal arsenal is funding for state and local projects.  This is why we have federal meddling in education, speed limits, drinking ages, BAC levels, environmental control, zoning, etc, ad nauseum. 

They need to stay the fuck out.  Unfortunately, this means that California and Florida DO have the right to tell the feds to get bent on oil exploration if they don't want to do it.

Now, Alaska...   I have a feeling those blokes might be a bit cheesed to share that much income.

3 I have a hard time buying that Florida wouldn't be interested once you cut through the demogogue bullshit from people who are resisting as a protectionist measure for the tourism industry. I could be wrong, Florida can be pretty retarded sometimes.   California, yeah, I can see them resisting, because it's a Soviet state.  The rest won't be able to get to that oil fast enough for their liking.

4 Florida wouldn't be interested because the demagogue BS is not very BS.  There are plenty of people who come here from out of the country (Europe/South America),  and to them having oil rigs just over the horizon would be a turnoff.  And, since it's a matter of perception, the fact that oil rigs would have little to no impact environmentally would not matter much.  So until higher oil prices make a serious dent in tourism (which they won't as long as the dollar remains weak compared to European currencies) offshore oil drilling is an economic negative here.
(And of course, unlike folks up north, we don't have to deal with paying for winter heating oil--just paying for high A/C bills.) 

5

Can you use evaporation cooler A/C units in Florida?  They usually work best in low humidity so I'd imagine not.

That would bring the A/C bills basically to zero. 

6 MP, my knowledge of air conditioning mechanics is basically limited to four things:
1) There's a part that's inside the house
2) There's a part that's outside the house
3) Change the filter in the part inside the house at least twice a year
4) Anything more complicated than that, requires a call to the service company.

So, truthfully, I'd have to anwer, I have no fricking idea.

However, the high humidity around here--which is worse upstate beacuse of the lack of sea breezes--would mean evaporation units are not the answer.  In fact, an invariable sign that you don't need to turn on the A/C is low humidity. 

And despite our nickname of "Sunshine State" solar power is not a good alternative here.  Not enough direct sunlight (too much rain, especially in the summer, which of course is linked directly to the humidity factor).

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