Offshore Drilling

Is Obama Reconsidering offshore drilling? He said he would be willing to compromise on his position against offshore oil drilling if it were part of a more overarching strategy to lower energy costs "My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," said Obama. Who told The Palm Beach Post early into a two-day swing through Florida.Obama wants to invest in alternative sources for fuel. If elected he would plan on spending billions of dollars to find those sources. I personally don’t like that idea, for the fact that it would cost all Americans tax payers dollars just to find other alternative fuel sources. As for McCain, he believes that offshore drilling is safe. McCain says at every campaign stop that offshore oil drilling is safe, and playing down the risk of environmental accidents, even when faced with the power of a hurricane. "I'm aware that off the coast of Louisiana and Texas there are oil rigs, as we well know, and those rigs have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina, as far as Louisiana's concerned," McCain said at a town hall in Michigan last week. I would agree with McCain about how offshore drilling is safe because at least it wouldn’t cost any money for the tax payers and we would still be getting the fuel we needed.