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.

[vehvih]

Isn't logical that no damn resource can last forever?
And if globally, like sht yeah everyone's freaken using oil, oil is consumed, how the hell will offshore drilling be effective if:

1. Cost of building those drills will cost a lot
2. We don't even know where exactly the oil is
3. Sure it will make jobs for people, but how are we about to pay them back if it will take about YEARS to actually get/process oil
4. ...again, when we don't even know where exactly the oil is!!
5. Foreign energy dependency causes trouble = more spending = lower income for some people = some taxes for misc. purposes like that of the trouble we got from whatever "diplomacy" was
6. America IS NOT the only damn country that is using oil, OTHER countries as WELL
7. No shit, by that it will hurt economic trade, not only that but other domestic problems other countries are having (&how many third world countries are there?).
8. By now you know diplomacy and global economy would suck by 2012
9. Oh yeah, there's also recession that has been going on since what? Ever since??
10. Then we die in vain just because we just can't control oil companies, dependency on foreign oil, and all those SUVs we have.


I don't think there are any objection to these because these are pretty damn logical. And it sucks, because most of these concerns can be controlled if handled with great personal responsibilities!

[Reidar]

1.) "Building new drills"? If there's one thing that we haven't been in shortage of, it's the means to access and depend on crude oil as our main source of sustenance.

2.) That's what exploratory committees are for. We don't know exactly where enough new manners of energy lie, both figuratively and literally (to a point that they could maintain equilibrium in complete lieu of oil), but that doesn't mean we sit on our laurels about them.

3.) The physical commodity wouldn't enter consumption anywhere near immediately, but the mere allowance would drive up investment into the market.

4.) See 2.

5.) This point oddly works against your favor. One point of drilling for our own oil is to shake our dependence on foreign sources.

6.) Indeed, which is all the more reason to get out of that situation as soon as possible. If we were the only consumers, then it wouldn't be nearly as urgent a crisis.

7.) Driving up investment potentiality would be of benefit to economic procedures.

8.) See 7.

9.) See the first sentence of 6.

10.) Or not, because the purpose of this in the first place is to "wean" energy dependence off of oil while alternative sources are being developed.

Isn't logical that no damn resource can last forever?
And if globally, like sht yeah everyone's freaken using oil, oil is consumed, how the hell will offshore drilling be effective if:

1. Cost of building those drills will cost a lot
2. We don't even know where exactly the oil is
3. Sure it will make jobs for people, but how are we about to pay them back if it will take about YEARS to actually get/process oil
4. ...again, when we don't even know where exactly the oil is!!
5. Foreign energy dependency causes trouble = more spending = lower income for some people = some taxes for misc. purposes like that of the trouble we got from whatever "diplomacy" was
6. America IS NOT the only damn country that is using oil, OTHER countries as WELL
7. No shit, by that it will hurt economic trade, not only that but other domestic problems other countries are having (&how many third world countries are there?).
8. By now you know diplomacy and global economy would suck by 2012
9. Oh yeah, there's also recession that has been going on since what? Ever since??
10. Then we die in vain just because we just can't control oil companies, dependency on foreign oil, and all those SUVs we have.
I don't think there are any objection to these because these are pretty damn logical. And it sucks, because most of these concerns can be controlled if handled with great personal responsibilities!