He has become a hawk on offshore oil drilling and would push hard for the building of new nuclear power plants.

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It is hard to see anything positive about the offshore drilling debacle that has countless barrels of oil washing ashore in Louisiana, and perhaps soon in other Gulf states.

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Bioerosion: process by which animals, through drilling, grazing and burrowing, erode hard substances, for example rocks and coral reefs.

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To help us reach that goal, we are working hard to maximize our opportunities related to shale exploration and drilling, electricity generation and distribution, continued development of renewable energy and alternative fuels as well as a continued support for coal, which will remain a vital source of energy for Ohio.

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Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, involves drilling down and creating tiny explosions to crack the hard shale rocks to release the gas inside.

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It's hard to predict another industry-wide recession, with oil prices still high and drilling activity ramping up worldwide.

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"I know they're working hard at it right now, " he told CNN in an interview aboard one of the drilling platforms working on the relief well.

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And it is hard to find sectors his empire doesn't own: telecommunications, banking, restaurants, construction, drilling, airlines, the list goes on.

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