In recent news for our topic on Energy (oil and gas) 4 members of group called Greenpeace tied themselves to the bottom of an oil rig just offshore of the coast of greenland. Greenpeace is a group which is again oil drilling and anything which could hurt the environment like the burning of fossil fuels. These protesters went in because Greenpeace stated that Arctic oil and drilling is unsafe. In result of these protesters the drilling process was halted for about 40 hours. This in turn put them behind schedule in which they will have to catch up. The protesters were removed from the rig only after freezing and windy weather conditions.
This is just a small showing of how there is a large debate going on around the world whither or not it is right to start offshore drilling and after the BP incident I cant really blame Greenpeace for putting on this display. Personally I support offshore drilling until a new energy source can be found or the existing ones improved on, as we have to start moving away from our dependance on oil. But more domestic oil options is not a bad idea as well until these other options can be found.
But what do you think? Should we continue to offshore drill or should we look more into alternative energies more?
Ryan Parker
I agree that off-shore drilling seems like a necessary measure until a new energy resource is found. It doesn't make sense to put all of our funding, or faith, into a new energy resource right away. We still have much more research to conduct, and things to figure out. Hopefully, the recent BP oil spill and now the oil rig that caught on fire just today might pressure politicians and researchers to invest more time and money into new energy. Then, this heated discussion could end a little sooner.
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ReplyDeleteI completly agree, however we have been dependent on oil for so long in many aspects of our lives, that it will be really difficult to find an alternative. Even as we speak the deamand for oil is increasing.
ReplyDeleteAlso concerning offshore drilling, it is proving to be very unsafe, In addition to the BP incident a few months ago, there was another accident today in the Gulf of Mexico. I will speak more about that on my blog.
~Mimi Tekeste
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ReplyDeleteAlso regarding off shore drilling, don't you guys think that the US is becoming too reliant on foreign oil. Wouldn't this make us more vulnerable?
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Going off of what Caitlin said the U.S. and as a matter a fact most of the world is no where near getting ready to move to alternative energy resources. What needs to be done is begin to take a look into new energy and follow in the footsteps of countries such as brazil in there ethanol revolution. Our country is still very dependent on oil and it still determines our international relations, but the sooner we begin to turn away the better our country will be. - Jaisukh Samaha
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