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 think the government's making the prices drop to make it appear like drilling helps the economy.

JUST LIKE 911

[medic]

I think the government's making the prices drop to make it appear like drilling helps the economy.

JUST LIKE 911

The oil industry is nothing but privately owned and operated corporations. Shell, BP, Conico and all those bad boys aren't working with the government to make prices go down. If they had it their way, gas would be $10.00 a gallon. They don't need to negotiate with anyone, they have us all screwed. We can't live without natural gas resources. The oil industry profits if they drill offshore or not, if they can't drill they just raise the price. If they can drill, they invest a couple billion into a offshore rig and raise the prices again and blame it on the new construction. Either way, money is made, and they government doesn't get any good PR from it.

The fight against offshore drilling is just another environmental scare tactic. I used to support all that jazz, but now it's become "the thing" and has gotten way out of control. It went from being about awareness to profit and promotion.