In favor or against of drilling for oil on US territory?

and why.In favor or against of drilling for oil on US territory?
In favor of regulated drilling.





The world is in an oil crisis. There are two methods to resolve the crisis. 1) Produce more oil; 2) find alternatives to oil. Both must be used, produce more oil while alternatives increase and are refined to a state that they are more efficient than oil.





The main argument against ANWR and offshore drilling is that it is dirty. This is a holdover from the 70s and 80s when it was quite dirty. However, the world, lead by the US, has developed clean methods for drilling that many countries, save our own, are now using. The argument is now outdated.





A second argument is the timeline. Most experts believe that from start to production takes about 5 years. This is true, however this problem will remain for more than five years, and alternatives are catching up, but we need something for the intermediate period. Furthermore, this is an argument that has been used for a decade; if we started drilling 5 years ago, we would not be asking this question.





This question tries to find what the best way to improve our QUALITY OF LIFE. We are trying to preserve the quality of life by attempting to keep practices clean, and environmentally friendly. Others are trying to preserve the quality of life by balancing oil costs and increasing stability in economies. Both are correct and we must find a balance.





We should drill responsibly with government and third party oversight.In favor or against of drilling for oil on US territory?
Against !!!!!!!!!!! It does nothing to help for ten years and big oil has thousands of acres they could be searching for oil in.


They **** up the earth enough they should not be allowed to do any more damage.
against. your hurting the earth and the animals that live there. are you talking about Alaska drilling?











EDIT: ok jw