To Drill or Not to Drill

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One of the Nation's [Apostrophe: remove if the word is not possessive] top concerns is to free America from dependency on foreign oil but the debate remains over how to accomplish this indepence. There are ["There are" is an awkward phrase if "there" is not clearly a location] new technologies at our [Use "we," "us," or "our" to mean yourself and coauthors, not general humanity (or yourself and the reader)] disposal such as solar and wind power and clean coal options that can move the Nation towards [The preferred spelling is "toward"] energy freedom. There is [Avoid using this phrase] also the option of drilling on our own soil for additional oil supplies sufficient to end our dependency.

The benefits of implementing and developing new technological power supplies from wind and solar power and geothermal energy range from establishing renewable energy supplies, job growth, national security, and freedom from dependency on foreign oil. The benefit of drilling untapped sources of fossil fuels on home soil is that the supply of oil may end our dependency, but oil is not a renewable source, and at some point the oil runs dry. “At current rates of use, world supplies of petroleum, natural gas, and coal are projected to be exhausted in 45, 61, and 230 years, respectively.” Air Force Journal of Logistics; Fall2009, Vol. 33 Issue 3/4, p37-50, 14p.

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