Drill, Or No Drill, That Is The Question. Blog #10

I am going to write my issues paper on the controversy of whether or not increasing of oil drilling would be beneficial to the US. This has been an issue that has been discussed and argued about for quite some time. There is so much oil to be mined up in places such as Alaska, Colorado, and North Dakota. The fact is that the world, and the government needs to be more efficient in both energy and in expenses, and importing oil from foreign lands is taking its toll. By shipping it over to the US, it wastes energy to ship all that dead weight in, which also costs us money, and the costs of labor and for the actual oil is inflated as it goes through the oil companies to the US companies, which makes the US spend way more than necessary. People are also afraid of the risks of drilling for oil, whether it is casualties of workers, destroying the environment, or causing more oil spills. But whether we do it here in the states or spend money by getting it in from foreign countries, these risks are there. Now on the flip side, there are a lot of complications. Even though there are no residential neighborhoods out in the drilling fields, the animals that are disrupted by the machinery need to go somewhere else, but will that cause problems? Also the process of strategically finding the best place to drill, and then the construction it will take to follow through with the plans may be too costly. Especially in this economy, it is a big risk to put so much money into something that will probably not yield results for several years. Overall, if the US decided to drill, it will take a toll on us financially, but in the long run, the billions of dollars spent a day to supply America with oil will someday be cut down dramatically. The money that used to be spent going into paying other countries can stay in our country, boosting the economy. That money can also be spent on research focused on improving the safety, efficiency, and reduction of pollution in oil drilling, so that the environment may maintain its cleanliness.