No, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production

The long term cost of renewable energy is lower for the consumer while there is a large up front cost over the long term it will be cheaper.

Alternatives to oil drilling focus on renewable sources like solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biomass, alongside nuclear power. Some data and stats are over 12 million Americans that live near sites are harmed over time some even have called out about having troubles with their homes and lives, thousands of worker deaths annually, and major financial health costs from pollution like flaring, totaling billions in damages, notes. There are much better ways to get energy production without harming the place we live on.

I say that if we were to harness water, air and solar power that would give unlimited power and also its more renewable then oil so we can keep using it.

Drilling depletes our fossil fuels much quicker but some areas can't just cut it off entirely. Instead there should be incentives to encourage people to lessen their drilling and go for another alternative instead. This will lower the amount of drilling.

Alternative energy productive could give the same amount of energy but with less damage to the enviroment.

💰 Fossil Fuels Are Propped Up by Subsidies

Despite claims of market efficiency, oil drilling survives on massive government support:

- The U.S. is projected to lose $12.9 billion in federal revenue from fossil fuel subsidies between 2022–2026.
- These include:
- $3.3B for percentage depletion allowances (deducting revenue without regard to actual investment)
- $2.4B for exploration and development cost deductions
- $2.5B for pollution control credits

These tax breaks distort the market, making oil seem cheaper than it truly is. Without them, renewables would outcompete fossil fuels…  Read more on cost and sustainability.

These last ten years have been the ten warmest on record. Climate change is real and must be stopped regardless of cost to the petroleum business.

If Trump rolls back these clean energy incentives, it's gonna hit us hard. He recently signed executive orders halting over $300 billion in federal funding for green infrastructure projects, including those from the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law. This move affects key initiatives like loans for renewable energy projects and electric vehicle manufacturing. Without this support, many clean energy projects might stall, leading to job losses and slowing our progress toward energy independence. It's a step backward for both our economy and the environment.

We need to focus our efforts away from oil drilling and focus more on finding better alternatives to energy in order to save the planet since this is an immediate need.

There is no need for oil drilling. We are on the verge of running out of this oil anyway. We should be switching to alternative energy instead. This is going to happen with an increase in lithium usage worldwide. And no, we should not be mining this lithium. The Sultan Sea projects can easily provide more than enough lithium without ever touching mine. We can pull the lithium out while simultaneously, creating clean energy from geothermal plants. It is currently estimated that we can provide enough lithium for over 380 million vehicles. There are currently 300 million registered in the U.S.. That would make us completely self-reliant from other countries.

We should look into a cleaner way of energy for some regions of the earth. The way we are receiving our energy is lazy and not optimal at all.

The best way to encourage an international effort to prevent global warming would be to provide incentives for alternative energy, like increasing tariffs on oil and decreasing tariffs on cleaner resources.

There are countless documentaries and articles, written by scientists, that outline the environmental concerns much better than I can. Watch those.

Everyone loses when oil burns. The world right now is going through climate change and more extreme weather, so it is imperative that we start taking steps to curtail it. So far, the world has been making little progress in halting climate change. More needs to be done before climate change continues to a spiraling point. Oil is one of the largest contributors to global warming. Halting it will be a great stop to saving the world. Of course, incentivizing alternative energy production will make the transition much smoother, allowing it to replace oil better and faster.