Fact check - McCain/Obama's support for offshore drilling

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rocketpig said:

So? Not looking forward to the distant future is what got us into this mess. That article mentions that OCS drilling won't affect international prices... Who cares? The point is to make this country energy independent, provide US jobs, and keep that oil money within our borders, not to get oil barrels down to $30 again. Lowering the price of oil is the last thing this country needs right now. It will prompt us to go right back to our bad habit of relying on the crude to power everything.

We need more domestic oil, we need to cut energy consumption, and we need to start using alternatives and nuclear to power this country. This isn't a one answer approach.

BTW, unless I missed something, no mention is made of ANWR in that article.

If you read the whole article, you'd notice this part:

"There may be other arguments for offshore drilling, such as domestic job creation and tax revenue, improved balance of payments, among others. But those are subjects for another analysis…."

This article just disproved the claims that offshore drilling would significantly increase production and decrease prices.

Regarding ANWR, that's not offshore drilling. Maybe they'll do an article on that one later.