I think that the united states should use all the oil in Alaska so that we dont have to put up with gas price?

would you agree?


and while we use all the oil, we can find a better source of energy.


It might cost allot of money but it would create jobs.... it should definitely be nationalized and kept out of the hands of company's; im sure they wouldnt like that.I think that the united states should use all the oil in Alaska so that we dont have to put up with gas price?
Aside from a couple good answers above me is the fact that there is actually a ';glut'; of oil on the market right now. As consumers, we're getting hosed by the fact that oil companies over the last decade or so have been buying all the businesses in between oil being drilled to the gas in your tank ( shipping, refining etc) which have basically allowed them to control the prices (not in our favor of course) My suggestion: Buy a car that gets great mpg or start ';hoofing'; itI think that the united states should use all the oil in Alaska so that we dont have to put up with gas price?
Nationalization is not the answer to anything. Everything the government touches is terribly inefficient and costly. You've been to the DMV, right?





Only private businesses can handle the responsibility of running a company. They have their money and careers at stake. The government has nothing to lose when they fail.





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The government does not do a good job of much of anything.





Examples:


public school system-we now have some of the poorest educated students in the world, behind what are considered third world countries.





The post office, constantly needs to raise stamp prices, and does a poor job. Mail service is slower, more expensive and less reliable. The federal government has a monopoly on the delivery of first-class mail; as a result, the Postal Service is the country's third-largest employer. Like all monopolies, the postal monopoly is abused, as the government forces people to accept increasingly worse service at ever higher prices.





The governments financial management is deplorable, and is constantly under investigation. The IRS is full of abuses against the civil liberties of U.S.citizens.





The voters registrar's office is probed all the time, because of mismanagement.





And you want them to be in charge further than they already are in the nation's energy?!


The mere fact that you would be for that only further demonstrates the deplorable public education system that we have, because with more education you would know that the government has never done a good job at anything that their hands have been in.
The USGS estimates about 5 billion barrels of oil is recoverable from Alaska.





The United States consumes an average of 20 million barrels of oil per day (bbl/d), according to the Department of Energy. Of that, about 45 percent is used for motor gasoline.





So drilling into the pristine areas including ANWR would get us about a year's worth of oil.





Do you think we could develop all our wind, water and solar energy independence in that time?
It would destroy a vast ecosystem. Oil companies don't exactly have the best track record of protecting the environment, look at Shell. There are other locations, in our territory off shore that they can drill, but they are too cheap to use those options, even though they are making a fortune gouging us on gas. We shouldn't have to ruin our wildlife just because the oil companies are too cheap to drill in other areas that are approved.