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Off Shore Drilling or Alternative Energy


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With gas prices continuing to rise to record highs, controversy is brewing in Washington about what the government should be doing to get those prices at the pump back down. George W. Bush and his team have advocated lifting the ban on offshore drilling to try and find untapped sources of oil under the ocean. Looking to score political points among frustrated Americans in the upcoming election, John McCain has adopted Bush's offshore drilling plan, with promises that it will drive the price of oil down. Barack Obama and most democrats have fought the plan, saying it can have potentially grave effects on the already ailing environment. Environmentalists have pointed to large oil spills in the ocean caused by offshore drilling, like the disastrous 1969 Santa Barbara spill. So what's really going on here? The truth is that even if offshore drilling is done safely and without harm to the environment, which is more likely with today's modern equipment, offshore drilling will probably ...

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