I understand the need of oil but how can anyone feel more offshore drilling is needed in the U.S?

Question

I live in Florida, and don't understand how people are ok with ruining coral reefs and so many other environments that we already hav few of, while we are trying to restore the everglades. ruin one restore another?

I have been reading up on the issue because it sickens me to kill so many organisms for fuel when there could be another way, could anyone justify it with links

that would be really helpful

Thanks

Answer 1

Money can buy ethics

Answer 2

with resepct i think you should rewrite your question as you cannot do something 'offshore' in a country.

I suggest you mean this.

How can the US need more offshore drilling?

Answer 3

Because those people aren't ignorant. They know the facts and know that with the technology we'd be using to drill, we would be doing little to no harm to anything. And what is this c**p of oh... we have few environments left... Where'd you hear that? CNN? Seriously, I'm tired of hearing about save the trees, save the polar bears, blah,blah,blah. The fact is, we have more trees than there have ever been in the history of the world, and the polar bear population is actually increasing not decreasing.

And... what other way to get oil would you suggest? Bio-fuels? Oh that's great... We're basically using food we need to do this. People are starving in other countries while we selfishly use up food when we have a clear alternative of simply drilling for oil here.

Answer 4

People have spent lots of money on equipment to drill for oil and they want to use those toys. It is how they make money and buy stuff they don't need to avoid thinking about whayt they do to the planet.  

    Its simply greed.

Answer 5

I think the more appropriate question is how can anyone feel that we shouldn't drill for oil?  No one is talking about drilling in coral reefs.  There are no coral reefs hundreds of feet down where the oil drilling will occur. And it is well established that the oil platforms behave like a reef and attract fish and organisms.  The fishing around the oil rigs is excellent.  

If you have been "reading up on the issue" you must be reading articles from the fiction department or blogs with an agenda.  Try reading articles from a reliable source not articles from the New York Times or Newsweek or bloggers that do not tell the truth.

I feel sorry for the young in our country.  They will not recognize the country they are about to inherit because of the propaganda they have been fed, believe and are using as the basis for their political decisions.  I hope you get a good education or have a good skill.  The ignorant and the unskilled will have a difficult time.

Answer 6

Your getting confused mate. Offshore drilling isn't ruining coral reefs or marine life at all. Coral reefs are organic and need sunlight to survive so they are situated at shallow depths. Offshore drilling occurs in the deep sea where reefs and most sea life cannot survive. Oil, gas, petoleum are all hydrocarbons which have evolved fom organic matter such as reefs and marine life. When the sea level rises these coal reefs die due to lack of sunlight and over time they are buried and solidify into limestone. The intense pressure from the burial of this limestone cook the organic matter (the dead reefs and marine life) into hydrocarbons. So when you hear about these offshore rigs drilling reefs, they are talking about drilling a hydrocarbon reservoir that use to be a reef millions of years ago. It doesn't ruin any coral reefs at all!

Also the reason why more drilling is needed in the US is because they don't have enough oil to supply the consumers. People in the US are not educated enough to realise that the planet is nearly devestated of our #1 resource, yet everybody drives SUVs and massive cars that consume massive amounts of fuel. Everyone wonders why the price of fuel is so high... Its because idiots such as these uneducated morons who drive SUVs (for no reason at all) consume so much fuel that our reservoirs are drying up and we need to find other reservoirs. Thats easier said than done. We do have other known reservoirs but they are uneconmonicable to extract because the price of oil is low. So fuel companies jack up the price so they can make a profit.

In otherwords, the oil companies are the ones who are greedy and the consumers are the ones who are ignorant. Thats the problem!