Oil Drilling in the Us

Oil Drilling In the US

June 19, 2011 

When it comes to the oil situation, it is one that is not going to be resolved in one conversation and one doing. This is something that takes time and consideration to take care of. Ever since President Obama has been in office he wants to distant himself from the oil drilling in foreign countries and focus it on the United States drilling. I would have to say that in the situations we are in now and having to go through everything we have already went through, it is in our coutries best offer to start the drilling here. According to Genaw, J. L. (2010). OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EXPANSION OF CUBA'S OIL PROGRAM: A DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, 20(1), 47-77. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Although a 1977 treaty24 between Cuba and the United States limits the proximity of Cuba’s oil wells to the United States, Cuba can still legally build offshore wells within a mere fifty miles of the coast of Florida. As you can tell even back in the days of history, there have been problems getting oil from other places. There a long list that needs to be processed before Obama can really make his final decision on whether or not to go along with this plan.

I understand to a degree why Obama wants to do what it is he wants. I can see that he wants to be able to open all these new jobs for the people that don’t already have one. He doesn’t want to rely on the other countries that are giving the oil to us. All of this sounds like a good plan when it is being spoken about. That is just it though. It is something that sounds good when it is not put into action. As America, we have received most of our oil from foreign countries. If it has been like that for how many years, why would you want to change it all? I am not one that understands why try and fix something