In a more extended look at it over the next 20 years, the oil refuge would only be able to meet 7.5 percent of the United States consumption of oil and as well as reduce the dependence of foreign oil by 15 percent. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has said that it would only be 0.4 to 1.2 percent of the world’s oil production. With the oil in the refuge only making a small impact it makes it hard to justify why drilling would be worth the harm for such a small gain of oil that may only last up to a couple of months or years. There could be more oil saved than there would be produced by drilling for oil in the arctic refuge. Environmentalists purpose that there may be a better way for money to be spent by putting it into more of
After I read Chapter 4, “The Nuclear Lighthouse,” in Mark Hertsgaard’s book Earth Odyssey, I was astonished to learn the information the world, and much more our country, hides from us. During this chapter, Hertsgaard goes into detail about Chelyabinsk, a highly dangerous, toxic region in Russia. Throughout my reading, I became so interested in the stupidity of the citizens and workers in Chelyabinsk that I decided to dig a little deeper and do some research. Environmentally, the situation in Chelyabinsk is not much different from what it was fifteen years ago. Nuclear waste was such a problem for Chelyabinsk because of the three nuclear disasters that took place there at the Mayak complex.
To Drill or Not to Drill Ralph Watson HUM/111 11/03/2012 Dane C. Youkers To Drill or Not to Drill It would be beneficial to the nation and the economy if drilling were allowed in the Gulf of Mexico. Reports states that there are as much as eight million acres up for leasing that can provide a billion barrels of oil and five trillion cubic feet of natural gas. With this oil being close to home, the dependency on foreign oil would decease because of the reported amounts of oil that would be available in the Gulf. Before any drilling, I would like to know if the environment was going to be included in their safety plans. What kind of safety measures are to be taken should there be an accident on a pipeline?
About 11,000 barrels of U.S. oil got spilled from tankers from 1980 to 1998. But this does not include the barrels that were spilled outside of U.S. waters, about another 72,000 barrels. These numbers are simply too, high. They are improving, but still need to decline. Alternative resources can solve a number our countries problems.
Oil companies spend around $36 to produce a barrel of oil but a barrel of crude oil sells for about $90. There is no sign of slowing down amount of oil produced due to the heavy influence the oil companies have over the Canadian economy. There are making more than double of what it cost to make the barrel of crude oil. Rob Renner the environmental minister of Alberta says that “Alberta is not about to close the door to further investment”. The quote signifies the grip oil companies have on Alberta, as Rob Rennner says that new investors are always
It would be foolish for any person to deny that alternative energy sources need to be researched, but until it is economically sound to make the switch the United States needs to run on something that is dependable and that we know will continue to work. The economic value of developing the mere 2,000 acres in the Coastal Plain in the ANWR region of Alaska would be immense and simply cannot be looked over. There would be hundreds of thousands of new jobs available for people in every state and the revenues earned by the American government would be huge. In a time where American citizens are in fear of a new great depression a 700,000+ need for new jobs in the market
Robert Arneson is an American sculpture during the late 20th century and one of hiswork I think is fascinating is the awesome Global Death and Destruction (1982-3). I would say this sculpture is the most chilling and dark sculpture in the museum. The medium of the art piece is stoneware with glazes. "WAR MEMORIAL" is inscribed on the front and the Engravings of a mushroom cloud, a head and a missile decorate the sides of the base could suggest a future nuclear catastrophe. A painting that caught my interest was The Accident (1899) by the Belgian painter Williem Geets.
Document C states the U.S placed an embargo on Japan (stopped trading Japan oil). Japans need for oil caused the Japanese to attack because without the
Atlantic coast and in northern Alaska. The lifted ban was aimed at increasing the United States' energy independence and reducing foreign imports so that it would not need to rely so heavily on other countries for energy supplies. The U.S. Atlantic coast could hold as much as 37 trillion cubic feet of gas and 4 billion barrels of oil, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates. But less than a month later, the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig sank about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana. President Obama recently announced during his weekly address that no permits for drilling new deepwater wells will be issued until a 30-day safety and environmental review of all deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed.
The Gulf Oil Spill For my paper, I have chosen to examine the topic of deep-water oil drilling, an issue that has risen to the surface in a significant way since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Gulf Coast on April 20, 2010. The event was in the news continually, as it should have been, because it was the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. Previously, the Exxon Valdez Oil spill was the worst catastrophic event regarding oil drilling, and I have paid much attention to that over the years, boycotting Exxon and recently learning that some of the original defendants in the lawsuit had died, waiting for a resolution of that incident over 20 years ago. The recent oil spill has been catastrophic; besides