The
United States, along with the rest of the world, will have to depend
on fossil fuels until there is a way to utilize more
environmentally-sustainable forms of energy. Fossil fuels power the
industries that help move the human race forward into discovering
newer and safer technologies.
The
United States’ biggest oil-related problem is the prevalence
of imported oil. At least 60% of the country’s oil usage comes
from imports, with 13.15 million barrels imported in a single day. If
the United States produced more of its own oil, it could reap great
benefits:
Energy Security
The
biggest problem the United States has to deal with in competing for
international oil is the scarcity of product set against an entire
planet of competitors to obtain it. More locally produced oil means
that the United States won’t have to depend wholly on the
availability of supply worldwide to thrive.
Improved
Trade
Americans
spend a lot of money to obtain oil from an ever volatile global
market that keeps on inflating. If the U.S. were to produce more oil
locally, then they won’t have to bend to the whim of the global
market, and funds can be focused on improving the nation.
More
Jobs
Increased
efforts toward harvesting local oil means good for the American
people. It won’t just decrease oil prices; it’ll also increase
the local generation of oil, and thus more jobs.
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