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Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?

In July 2022 the Biden administration issued a draft plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. The proposal from the Department of the Interior recommends holding up to 10 lease sales in the Gulf over the next five years, as well as one sale in the Cook Inlet off the coast of south-central Alaska. Under the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the federal government must plan for offshore oil and gas leasing on a five-year basis. The previous plan was finalized under President Barack Obama in 2016, went into effect in 2017, and expired in 2022. Opponents inclu…  

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 @992DKDW from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

Δεν είμαι σιγουρος

 @9JWKBMK from Utah  answered…1yr1Y

I think we can expand offshore drilling and attempt finding and using other alternatives for energy production.

 @999FYL6Independent from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but add incentives to push the market towards alternate energy sources

 @8R57Q82 from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

We should slowly ween off oil. Deregulation of oil too fast is not the way.

 @8R2NY2R from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

Expand offshore oil drilling but regulate how it is done

 @8QXKS5DAmerican from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

not untly we fined a altervit engery socer

 @8QFNV8Q from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but provide more incentives for alternative energy production and increase regulation

 @8QCCM3TIndependent from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

No but do not decrease it either

 @8Q9T5XN from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

keep the same maybe a little bit more

 @8KP3LMS from Utah  answered…5yrs5Y

Only if it is safe and responsibly done. No leaks or spillage into the oceans and they must clean any trash nearby their location and help all animals affected in the region.

 @8JDMH7XIndependence from Utah  answered…5yrs5Y

Should stay the same

 @8GZF2ZYLibertarian from Utah  answered…5yrs5Y

No maintain our current wells and deregulated energy sector

 @8GLR8FZ from Utah  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but continue to provide cleaner energy solutions

 @98YWHNT from Utah  answered…2yrs2Y

If it hurts the earth than no. We currently rely on gasoline, which is polluting the air.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

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