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.

[coconutter]

I was listening to NPR and I realized offshore drilling is quite useless. It takes about 7-15 years to even get oil offshore, and McCain will most likely be out of office then, it he gets elected. Also, the oil companies already have millions of acres of offshore drilling areas, they don't need more. It's hazardous and dangerous for people working and it's not going to help the "oil crisis" as much as voters think. In time and theory, having proper air tire pressure will save more money and gas than offshore drilling.

As Paris said, I think there should be incentives to make advances in technology to help the oil crisis and unemployment. The government could also help, seeing as they're about 10-12 years ahead of us technology wise. In the long run it will save us money and save us from dependency.