To drill or not to drill, that is the question.

In regards toward the off shore drilling that President Obama is proposing, I think it is a decision that was hard for him to make, and one that in his point of view in necessary for the U.S. to achieve energy Independence. In my opinion I think Obama is trying to gain some political ground with the Republicans with the passing of the new health care bill. He feels that with the passing of the bill, he needs to accommodate to some Republican thinking. I think that Obama's decision was not only political, but also economical. I think he feels that instead of purchasing oil from other countries, why don't we produce oil in our water to create jobs and leave the money that would be going over seas in the U.S. economy. We consume way to much of the world's oil and produce very little. Although Obama's goals are to create more renewable energy, he also believes that it is something we cannot achieve overnight. We need to relieve ourselves from being energy dependent on other countries, and off shore drilling is a first step to overcome the dependence and later on move toward renewable energies. In my opinion I not quite sure what to think of the whole issue. I think that off shore drilling would be okay if and only if we were certain that there would be no environmental issues or problems that would arise with the drilling. But it is almost impossible to be certain that there would not be any environmental implications. So I am still not sure what to think about about the situation.