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Do We Want Horsepower? or Horse Power?
Throughout the years, Americans, along with the rest of the world, have been sinking deeper and deeper into the arms of oil industries. We use oil to make water bottles. We use oil to make plastic grocery bags. We use oil in paint. We use oil Continue reading this entry »
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
Just before the automobile industry took off with full speed down the highway to modern-day America, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford worked together to perfect the much desired electric car. After years of hard work, they had a top notch electric car on their hands. However, just five short years got in the way of their car’s success. To be more specific, the oil industry had taken over, and the less powerful electric motor was no match for the rumbling combustion engine. The day that Americans would not even give the cleaner, greener, electric car a second look, was the day that started our love affair with the big oil industries. Continue reading this entry »
Drill Today, Plan for Tomorrow
Gas prices have been the hot topic for the past few years. Should we drill offshore? Would it really help to lower our gas prices that much? These are just some of the questions that Americans are asking. Continue reading this entry »
And the Topic of the Day IS…
What are the gas prices today? Up to five dollars? No? Back down to three? No, two? Oh my goodness! In the one dollar range?! What’s the price per barrel? Why did the gas prices go up again? Oh, it’s St. Patrick’s Day again, and everyone is out traveling to see their families in Ireland, so they stuck those gas prices to them.
*DATA*
Seriously though, gas prices have become the hot topic, especially during summer vacation, spring break, and -most of- the holidays. However, gas is not the only essential product that has increased in price in the U.S. Of course, anything that is made from oil has increased as well. The price of milk has gone up. The price of paper products has gone up. The price of any typical services has gone up. So why have all of these prices gone up? OIL PRICES HAVE TOO! That’s why.
Our country is so dependent on foreign oil that we have little to no control over the prices of oil-based products in our country.
*CLAIM*
Our country needs to become more self-sufficient when it comes to oil. Our country can become more self-sufficient when it comes to oil if we would just drill offshore.
*REBUTAL*
Now, many let’s-go-greeners say that “we MUST find an alternative cleaner energy source, and we MUST find it now!” However, let us be more realistic. Yes. We must find an alternative and cleaner energy source, and we do need to find it soon. Wind power, solar power, hydroelectric power, and biodiesel are all going to take time.
*WARRANT*
If we would start now, we might have everything converted where it would run on one or some of those powers in ten to fifteen years.
*QUALIFIER*
But, there is a more obvious and logical solution to our problem — offshore oil drilling.
*BACKING*
The U.S has perfect places for offshore oil drilling. The Outer Continental Shelf (OSC) has a record in the oil industry that is “quite astounding,” according to energy studies’ expert Kenneth B. Medlock. Although the drilling poses some threat to the ocean life, it has beat the challenges of recent hurricanes such as Katrina and Ivan.
Much of the OSC is off-limits for drilling (even areas that are not susceptible to extreme hurricanes), but if it could be drilled, then we could produce more of our own oil. In return, this would make the prices of our much-loved oil-based products decrease. So, while our oil prices our down and we aren’t thinking about how high they are, we could probably focus more on finding that alternative energy source that we are in desperate need of. We need to stop wlimiting our abilities that would help us to become more self-sufficient, and we need to grab our opportunities by the horns.
My Mini-Saga
As I was reading Pink’s chapter on stories, I started thinking about my family and all of their wild and crazy stories. When my family and I get together with all of my dad’s family, things are bound to get interesting. Tipically, we gather on holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Easter. Usually about fifteen to twenty people show up at my grandma’s house, some of which I do not know, and others are not even part of the family. I always meet someone knew when I go visit my dad’s side of the family. All in all, it is pretty fun, but what makes it so fun are the stories. Now, my dad can sit around for hours and just be telling one long, elaborate, exciting, action-packed story and every single person will be hanging on his every word. It is about the same way with my grandma as well. Those two can really tell some stories, at least I think so. Due to my crazy story-telling family, I chose to take Mr. Pink’s advice and try writing a mini-saga. Which came out looking like this: Continue reading this entry »
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