offshore drilling? Options

[brooklyneast05]

offshore oil drilling is the hot topic at the moment it seems. are you in support of it or are you against it? why or why not? is offshore drilling the answer to our energy crisis?






i'm not really in favor of lifting the ban on it because i don't think it's the answer. i don't think it's going to help that much. i think we need to move away from not only foreign oil dependency, but oil dependency in general. i know a ton of people are in support of it, but i really only think they are because they somehow believe that this going to make their gas cheaper. i don't think this will significantly decrease gas prices.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah i'm good with obama's decision on that. it pisses me off when people saying he's flip flopping on this issue just because he's agreeing to give a little if it's what's necessary to actually get a plan passed. that really isn't what i would consider a flip flop.



it would be like 10-20 years before we ever saw anything from offshore drilling, and that's why i don't understand why there's such a push to do it RIGHT THIS SECOND as if it's going to help us here and now. even though it might drop some with the just the idea of it, like when the first ban was lifted, i still don't think it's going to drop any significant amount that will make anyone's life easier anytime very soon.