Allowing deep water offshore oil drilling is in the best interest of the United States

I agree with the resolution Resolved: Allowing deep water offshore oil drilling is in the best interest of the United States. I offer the following definitions Allowing-to permit From Merriam Webster dictionary Best Interest- Authority delegated for taking any action or step the delegate thinks to be the most advantageous to the organization, under the circumstances. From business dictionary Deep water offshore oil drilling- Drilling in an oil rig of below 1000 meters. From Offshore-Mag We offer the following observations Observation 1: The best interest of the United States doesn't have to deal with the long term effects of offshore oil drilling due to the fact that the best interest of the U.S can change later on. Observation 2: According to CBS News there are only 79 deep water offshore oil wells. Contention 1: Deep water offshore oil drilling increases job opportunities. The 6 month moratorium does not benefit the increase in jobs. Offshore oil drilling increases the amount of jobs immensely which leads to less unemployment. Each oil rig employs hundreds of people. By 2011 there is expected to be a 30% increase in the number of offshore oil field workers. With 79 oil wells offshore the unemployment rate will drop tremendously. With the moratorium put in place it will increase unemployment rate drastically. Banning offshore oil drilling will force a lot of rigs to close, forcing oil companies to fire a lot of workers. Unemployment will rise, forcing the government to pay millions of dollars more for unemployment life lines. Millions of dollars that could be better spent on bettering American society. We ought not ban these oil wells due to the fact that an increase in jobs is in the best interest of the United States. Contention 2: Deep water offshore oil drilling decreases our dependency on foreign oil. According to Huffington Post, President Obama proposed a plan in March to increase domestic offshore oil drilling. The main reason was to decrease the dependency on foreign oil. With less reliance on foreign oil the U.S wouldn't have to worry about the prices of oil increasing or a country refusing to sell an adequate amount of oil. Less reliance on foreign oil also allows us less competition with countries such as China. According to MSNBC "China has become one of the biggest oil consumers in the world, and economists expected it would burn even more fuel this year." Buying from OPEC will make competition harder for the U.S. By drilling in deep water offshore the U.S doesn't have to rely on depleting oil supplies, and that our oil companies don't have to compete with foreign oil companies, especially the oil companies that belong to the country that own the oil fields. Constantly buying from companies such as OPEC won't benefit the U.S as much as drilling offshore. Contention 3:. By banning deep water offshore oil drilling, it damages United States businesses. According to USA Today in Galveston, Texas Craig Marston, general manager of the 80-employee Malin International Ship Repair, didn't have any oil-related clients scheduled to come in. Instead, he's bracing for a 30% to 40% drop in business in the next few weeks as the full impact of the moratorium, in its third month, sets in. Less drilling means less business for hundreds of companies from Texas to Alabama, including shipbuilders, repair shops and those that supply boats to service the rigs. With the constant amount of jobs loss by the moratorium our country will suffer severely. After the BP oil spill problems only worsened due to the job losses. Even now the government may lift the moratorium due to the countless job losses. This simply does not benefit Americans. It is in our best interest to continue to drill.