To Drill or Not to Drill

To Drill or Not To Drill

HUM/114

February 16, 2011

I feel that the country should decrease its dependence on oil and invest in alternative sources of energy. The questions that arise are: what if we drill and we cannot find anymore oil? What will Americans then do for energy? We will then have to result to natural energy in some form of fashion. There will be no other alternative when it comes to energy for our planet. I feel it’s better to start now then later. It is said that we will spend more money as a result of using natural energy, but when most of the money is used on equipment and the business has know profit you have to ask yourself, where’s the money in that. When we drill or search for oil in different parts of the country, we will have the same problem. I think we should stop the drilling completely and start working on the idea of using natural energy. We also have to think about oil spills, which company will clean up the oil once there is an accident and it spills in the ocean. According to, (COURT OVERTURNS DENIAL OF COASTAL'S OFFSHORE DRILLING PERMIT." PR Newswire 10 Feb. 1995: 210NY043) Coastal, which holds an 800,000-acre leasehold along the Gulf Coast, said its permit application was denied in 1993 when the Company declined to post a $515 million surety bond to insure adequate cleanup in the event of a spill. The company’s want to drill, but they do not want to pay for the clean up.

When looking at the opposing view and defending my own the only factor that has came up is the cost. If more money is being spent on the equipment to drill and companies are not making a profit, why not use that money to get our country to natural energy. It’s like going camping; we have to use the environment to survive. When discussing an issue that has to deal with our country, the things you think of first are money. Everyone wants to know “how much is this going to cost me”? To overcome the habits that are hindering my thinking is to listen to both...