Support+Offshore+Drilling

WE SUPPORT DRILLING OFFSHORE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR OIL __"//Its better than Disney Land!"// __  //-Lisa Murkowski (Alaska Senator)//


 * Economics!
 * Lower gas prices
 * If there ever is a natural disaster in the near future, we need to have a back up to foreign oil. offshore drilling causes natural disaster...almost every year according to all oil spills time-lines. 
 * After Katrina people along the gulf could not afford petroleum, to heat their house, and it was more expensive to ship rescue supplies to them.
 * Its a secure safety net. How is it secure safety if we had so many spills? 
 * Greater domestic oil production, less reliance on imported oil
 * End to Supply Shocks
 * Higher revenue in general (government)
 * Creates new jobs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Process can take anywhere between ten and thirty years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Right now we are extremely dependent on oil and there is no longer an abundance of it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Although we are trying to develop new sustainable technologies, there is no way to know how effective they will be.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In a few years extra oil from offshore drilling may become detrimental to America and it may not be accessible.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Offers energy security



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