Should the U.S. Allow Offshore Oil Drilling?

Should the U.S. Allow Offshore Oil Drilling?

Our lives revolve around oil. Oil brings food to our stores, comprises the fibers in our carpets and makes the plastic in our DVDs. With demand so high it’s no wonder attention has turned to supply, with some advocating the U.S. lift the ban against drilling for oil off its coasts. Is offshore oil drilling a golden opportunity, or would it only create a tidal wave of disaster?

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  • kirbi
    Just drill off-shore...

    It's all fine and dandy to focus on alternative resources, but meanwhile why not drill off-shore on our way to becoming less dependent on foreign oil?

    We are going to have to be dependent on somebody's oil in the time it will take us to convert to a alternative method, so why depend on foreign oil from the middle east? Why not depend on our own oil, and give our country more of a say in the high prices of oil-based products?

    If we would just drill off-shore, we could spend our time and effort into discovering new and more renewable resources that we could be dependent upon. More U.S jobs for U.S. citizens could be provided if we would just drill off-shore. Our country's unemployment rate could drop dramatically if we would just drill off-shore. We could spend less time worrying about whether we could go places in our much loved gas guzzling cars if we would just drill off-shore.

    So why not be dependent on OUR oil instead of FOREIGN oil for the decade or so it will take for us to switch to a more renewable resource?

    - kirbiUS January 25, 2009 12:38PM

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