Friday, November 30, 2007

Progress on Inquiry Contract

I think I have narrowed my choices down to debating the topic of gas prices. For this topic, there is a lot of information to research and I would be able to find to find a variety of sources. I would be able to read about different opinions and views and would be able to come to a conclusion on what I think should be done. I could research what steps the U.S. should or should not take to obtain oil, and whether it should to do more to regulate improving gas mileage in cars and conservation of energy. I could not just only research about what the U.S. does about oil problems, but I could also search about what other countries do to handle the problem.

This topic interests me the most as it personally affects me more than any of the other subjects I was considering. Each time I fill up the tank of my car I see how expensive it is and how the price of a gallon of gasoline keeps going up. It seems that oil prices are influenced too much by the world producing countries. In addition, it appears the American oil companies are not doing enough to help consumers by keeping the cost down since these companies make more money if a barrel of oil costs more.

1 comment:

Elise Carter said...

Ok please do the topic about gas prices, that one is very interesting, considering that it is just plain ridiculous. The other topic is good too, but I just think that gas prices are a bigger issue.