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'm not saying over 1000 years fixing air tire pressure properly will be more fuel efficient than offshore drilling. The people they were interviewing on NPR calculated that by the time we'd strike oil offshore, we would already save the 5-10% of overall oil we would receive from offshore drilling by having proper air tire pressures.

Offshore drilling isn't inconceivable with the proper restrictions, but it's almost a waste of time and money. We could start working on new technologies and continue use of foreign oil, by the time we actually start noticing a difference in gas prices.