Bradley HankinsI can give you one reason why we should drill offshore.
With the recent missile testings in Iran, and turbulence in Nigeria, oil settled over $5 a gallon Thursday. Why does the events matter in Iran to what the oil prices are? Simple, we get oil from them! So, while these people threaten to cause even more danger on this planet, the oil traders decide to boost up the price.
If though, we used our own oil, and just our own oil, (you know, the oil that we have plenty of yet due to restrictions we can’t get) these silly little events in countries that we shouldn’t even pay attention too (as with the North Korea incident it seems that Iran just wants some more attention) shouldn’t matter so much with our prices. I’m all for alternative energy research. Water, wind, and solar power is all great, and are being used today, but we need more research to make it better and more usable for everyone. Our main energy source in the United States is oil. This oil we get from countries in South America and the Middle East, but we don’t need to. We have plenty of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, and plenty of oil in ANWR, but the restrictions due to drilling would be harmful makes us purchase products of another country.
So, go out there and spread the word. Tell your Congressmen to get on the ball here, and to let the United States drill offshore and in ANWR. We have the technology to keep everything safe, to protect the environement, and to keep everything clean - so there should be no worries. Tell everyone to get off the Green scam, and the Global Warming hype, and get back into reality, and get back to common sense. Oil prices are going up because we do not control them, so, let’s control them by using our own stuff.
Not only will this lower gas prices, but it will produce jobs, jobs in which many Americans need. Also, with lower gas prices people can get back into buying houses, and paying for houses, and going to work! Aha! A simple enough economy fix to me. So what’s the problem? Why aren’t we using Made In America oil?
Products made in America are always top quality, so buy American, and support offshore drilling and drilling in ANWR so we can continue to buy American, and to finally start using our own oi;
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on Jul 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am
This is true to a certain extent. We actually only import 1/3 of our oil from the MIddle East. 2/3 is from Canada and Mexico. If we can find 1/3 of our energy in oil, oil from coal, oil shells, and alternative then we would essentially be free. This, I believe is a realistic possibility as a short term gain. Using these we could be independent in 20-30 years.
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I think we should just supply ourselves with just our oil. We have enough to last us for many years. While doing so I say yes to finding real alternative energy sources that would make it cheaper for everyone to fuel their cars, houses, etc.
In a time where oil keeps going up we cannot just jump on the next bandwagon (like ethanol) just to find that it makes everything worse. Let’s use what we have, in which we have plenty, and lower the prices down. Then we would have more money for research anyways.
on Jul 13th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Right of course. What I was saying is that we should do them all. We should use oil AND all of that other stuff. Oil is key to us functioning now, because that is what our cars are designed to work on. But, we should also be developing other technologies for use in the future.
on Jul 13th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Yup, and I totally agree. It seems that many liberals, and some others too, think that using our own oil wouldn’t bring down the price, but I think it would. They say the speculators are the ones who drive prices up, but I say they drive prices up because of what is happening in the countries who are supplying this oil to us. If we used are oil, in which we have plenty to support ourselves for years, then they wouldn’t have to speculate much, because all we need to do is just supply and demand, and since we have a lot of supply and a lot of demand, it will at least be cheaper than it is now.
But yes, I believe we should research alternative fuels, but I only want it to be cheaper. I want it to be researched enough where it will show no other effect of prices of other products (except lower it of course), and make it where it can be easily changed with other cars. I don’t want to be forced by the government to go buy a very expensive car due to alternative energy, I want it to be a revolution of sorts - an alternative energy revolution - where everyone decides by themselves to change over, with very little government involvement. The automobiles should be cheaper, the fuel should be much cheaper, and everyone should agree that it is better than what we have now.