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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4. Addiction to Oil
  • Cajun72
    No Doubt We Have An Oil Addiction

    No one can deny the fact that the US is addicted to oil. "The first step to fixing your problem is admitting that you have one." That statment not only applies to the 12step process at an AA meeting, it also applies to our nation right now. We are hoplessly addicted to oil and the only way we are going ti fix it is by A. finding an alternative ebergy source and B. by gradually weaning ouselves off of it. By doing those things then it will be possible to bet our addiction.

    - Cajun72US February 17, 2009 8:19PM

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    Kenneth B. Medlock, III is currently a Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the... More

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