Offshore Drilling: New Yorkers Weigh In

With President Bush pushing to lift restrictions on offshore drilling and oil exploration in Alaska, WSJ's Lauren Goode asks New Yorkers what they think. (July 25)

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[DrPoon]

@banannablack

What if we never find another source of energy that can support the nation? Do we drill then or let gas prices rise to $12.00 a gallon and watch major cities (New York, LA, Chicago) go dark?

This nation sits on more oil and shale than the middle east. Yet we still rely on corrupt Saudi's for our oil supply. The sun will run out of fuel before we run out of oil.

There is no time line for the construction of a oil rig.

Personally, I would love to see more nuclear power.

[DrPoon]

New yorkers wouldn't know a oil pump from their own asses.

[videosouthafrica]

look at your coastline ... listen to Mcain and Obama ... look at your coastline .... now either you are DUMB or u are just stupid ... so far OIL SPILL 1 usa 0 ... do you want round 2 ?

[banannablack]

TheEMotionPictures: I agree with you. When considering the costs and time associated with offshore drilling, I cannot see why this is even slightly entertained as a solution for us today. It would be quite some time before we realized any relief at the pump as a result of this. Furthermore, what happens after this source is depleted? Find another country like Iraq to invade? But next time make sure that we can actually beat them!!

[conservativekid18]

It doesn't take some high technoligcal solution to drill for oil. It takes some oil pumps or grasshopper things, some shipping trucks and maybe another refinery or two. And where did you get that time frame estimate?

[TheEMotionPictures]

Perhaps for Alaska. Offshore...not a chance.

[ytdsmom]

TheEMotionPictures: No one is going to change their transporation methods overnight....and we're not going to be able to replace every existing car with a hybrid...none of it in the near future. Drill now while we transistion.

And by the way, your estimation on how long the fuel will take to get to the pump is WAY off! If congress would agree to fast-track it & eliminate the red tape, it could take as little as 3-5 years.

[ytdsmom]

TheEMotionPictures: Well then, seems to me the only solution (in your view), is to either go back to the cart & buggy days where no one got anywhere too far too fast....or become the Jetsons. I'm not seeing either of those happening....at least not the Jetsons in my life time.

[TheEMotionPictures]

Contarry to popular belief, Americans are not addicted to oil. Americans are addicted to unencuberred transpotation, and it is this addiction we must address before the American dream becomes the American nightmare.

[TheEMotionPictures]

This will be costly and will take a considerable ammount of time to craete the neccessary equipment and infrastructure that it will take. estimates put that possibility somewhere around the year 2030.

By that time, reserve resources for oil around the world will have dwindled considerably. Remember, the earth isn't filled with a self replacing creamy nouget of oil at its center.

The only hope we have is to curb consumption. That means changing our lifestyles and driving less.