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Gas prices and our Energy Crisis?

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If 85% of the U.S. coast is off limits for oil drilling now how come we can't simply eliminate the rules that are in the way and start drilling. This will buy us some time but ultimately I feel that solar panel farms, wind farms, and other clean ways of producing electricity such as hydroelectric dams and a change to 100% electric vehichles is the answer. People complain about the cost of doing this but think about it this way. The interstate highway system and railroad system are both pretty well taken for granted today. Neither one was cheap to build though, The point here is that the change from oil to electric will be expensive but worth it in the end so how come society will not take all necessary steps to make our energy independence happen even if it means massive financial investments in a new infrastructure. The way I see it is we have done it before and we can do it again, so why aren't we?

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  1. becasue drilling the earth hurts the planet soooooo much i mean comon if we even stick a needle in it it nearly eruptes in a earthquake!!!

    basically because of stupid hippys


  2. whiney liberal eco-nuts are keeping us from having more oil and they are the reason why the price of oil and gas is going up

  3. We should have been doing this 10 years ago.  We seem to never learn.  I am afraid that if this pricing crisis eases once again the eco-freaks and other whiny liberals will stop  any further oil drilling or building of new refineries.

    It takes a period of years to really ramp up production and provide the pipeline or other transportation infrastructure necessary.  So we need to start today...not tomorrow.

  4. we would rather give money to Archer midland danials to grow corn.

  5. I agree with most of what you said, except that drilling for more oil right now won't bring down the price of oil for many many years.  Once you find new oil, it has to be drilled out of the ground (or from beneith the ocean) and there's lots of infrastructure that needs to be built to get all of this done.  

    Besides, if you put up tons of drilling rigs right off the coast of Florida, for example, you have to take into account that you're going to be hurting other industries (tourism, fishing, etc.) in order to get at this oil, so it's probably not worth it.  

    Higher oil prices are a good thing in the long run as they will lead to faster development of alternative energies.

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