Randi’s Blog

Obama says he is willing to compromise on offshore drilling. Obma quoted “My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices. He also says, ” What I will not do, and this has been my position, is to support a plan that suggests this drilling is the answer to our energy problems.” He also added, “When I’m president, I intend to keep in place the moratorium here in Florida and around the country that prevents oil companies from drilling off Florida’s coasts,” Obama told reporters in Jacksonville in late June. “That’s how we can protect our coastline and still make the investments that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and bring down gas prices for good.”

I think that Obama has a point that when it comes to offshore drilling that we shouldn’t use our resources untill they are needed, to a certain point. Oil is not a renewable resource. Eventually it is going to run out. Whether that is going to be sooner or later. I feel that we should have offshore drilling to lower gas prices now, but I also feel that, that is being selfish, because I am not thinking about the future of the United States, I am just thinking about the gas prices now. But overall, i agree with Obama.