According to Hong Kong’s “Ming Pao†quoted foreign news reports, Obama said in an interview with the media that he was willing to seek compromises with oil companies and Republicans in order to avoid the dilemma of US energy. “My concern is to ensure that we formulate a comprehensive energy policy that helps lower oil prices. To achieve this goal, we will be careful and avoid compromises that cause major environmental damage — I don’t want to be too rigid and It does not work.†But he stressed that he still questions the value of offshore drilling.
Recommended per capita tax rebate thousand yuan against high oil prices Obama also advocated that the government use the taxes paid by oil companies, giving each taxpayer an "emergency tax rebate" of 1,000 US dollars to subsidize the loss of national oil prices. He welcomed an offshore drilling contraction proposal submitted to the leaders of the Senate on the 1st, which he believes will help reduce dependence on overseas oil. The program was submitted jointly by 10 Democrats and Republican Party senators, and is expected to be considered after the congressional reconvened in September. It advocated that the government further open up the Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration, as well as drill the North and South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia coasts.
High oil prices are one of the topics most concerned by voters in this election. Polls show that 70% of the U.S. public support the exploitation of near-shore oil, making Obama extremely passive on this issue. Obama used to oppose the exploitation of oil offshore for reasons such as destroying the ecology. This is also the consistent position of the Democratic Party. Obama believes that offshore drilling oil “far water can not be saved near the fire†is less effective than the development of environmentally friendly and energy-efficient transportation tools.
The Republican chorus hits the oil brand but the Republican Party has frequently made a fuss about the issue of oil prices. From President Bush to the Congressman, they all proposed to drill offshore oil in the Gulf of Mexico, depress oil prices, and demoralize Obama and other Democrats. Livelihood outsiders. Obama’s campaign opponent McCain has repeatedly criticized Obama for “not having a plan to solve the US energy problem.†He said: "We need offshore oil drilling nowadays. He (Obama) has always opposed it. He also opposes nuclear energy, opposes nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, and opposes reserves."
Obama turns to support offshore drilling to recover energy issues
The US Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Obama suddenly turned sharply on the 1st and expressed his willingness to “limited offshore drilling of oil†on the premise of “promoting the use of alternative energy sources†to suppress oil prices and reduce dependence on oil imports. Analysts believe that Obama’s change of position is to reduce the number of points on the oil price issue that people are most concerned about.