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With gas prices at an all-time high, should the United States lift the ban on offshore drilling for oil?
Results so far:
| Yes | 53% | 108 votes | Total: 203 votes | |
| No | 47% | 95 votes |
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by Allan Taylor
Created on: December 13, 2008 Last Updated: April 06, 2009
Yes, the US should lift the ban on offshore drilling.
Regardless of the US domestic price of gasoline,
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Created on: August 02, 2008
As with many laws and regulations, the ban on offshore drilling had its time and place. That time and
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by Jeffrey Graf
Created on: May 30, 2009 Last Updated: June 01, 2009
This has always been a difficult topic for me because in my heart, I do not believe it is necessary
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Created on: November 05, 2008
The United States must lift the ban on offshore drilling for oil. Our future depends on it.
A month ago,
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Created on: August 01, 2008 Last Updated: August 06, 2008
The United States should lift the current ban on offshore drilling in order to offset an impending economic
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Created on: July 30, 2008
Yes, the United States should definitely lift the ban on offshore drilling for oil in light of current
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by RubyUnicorn
Created on: July 30, 2008
Yes! Yes we should lift the ban on all drilling! Yes we should lift the moratorium on building new,
No
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Created on: July 30, 2008
As oil prices weigh like a yoke on the American economy, and we all feel the pain, it is very tempting
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Created on: January 28, 2009
When the topic of oil spills comes up, most Americans think of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
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Created on: July 28, 2008
There are 3 main reasons for why you cannot drill in ANWR, or anywhere else.
1 We will still be dependent
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Created on: September 24, 2008
Lifting the ban on offshore oil drilling would be blatant disregard for the environment and utter short-sightedness
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by Jacob Mack
Created on: October 26, 2008
Oil is a commodity which even behaves as a currency in the markets, both foriegn and domestic. Oil is
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