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
    The True Beginning

    OUR CARS WON'T RUN ON WIND OR SOLAR POWER YET!!!

    Actually, what got us into being so dependent on oil started long before the government had anything to do with it. The steam engine that ran on coal was more of a beginning to our oil and other not so renewable fossil fuel problem. When Henry Ford's assembly line started up making the new hot item on the market, we got hooked on the much loved and addictive oil. Thomas Edison, among others, were trying to invent an electric car at the time when cars were just catching on. However, by the time Edison got his electric car perfected (for the time), it was already about five years into our addiction. Edison's electric car did not catch on because Americans were not willing to sacrifice their faster combustion engines for Edison's slightly slower, more economically friendly electric engine. If Edison had just perfected his electric car a few years sooner, then we might not be struggling to live a more oil-free life today.

    However, we still don't want to have our worlds completely rocked by having to change our pace of life to fit our slower energy source. It would change everything. So, that is why we must stick with finding more oil until we can find a cleaner energy source that is just as efficient.

    - kirbiUS February 11, 2009 5:34PM

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