ENG102 Argumentation Essay Oil Drilling in Alaska To Drill or Not To Drill In your reading you will find the reasons for oil drilling and reasons for not drilling for oil in Alaska. The oil is very much needed in order to survive in this country. They would not need to use all of the land that is provided for the U.S. There are also consequences for drilling on this land. There are also new ways of drilling for the oil.
To Drill or Not “So, which is more valuable, drilling for oil in ANWR (Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) or protecting it as an untouched wilderness and wildlife refuge?” (Lee, 1) Says Dr. Dwight R. Lee, who is a professor at the University of Georgia, and works in the Terry College of Business where, he is the director of the Ramsey Center for Private Enterprise, and is the Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise. This question is asking should the Untied States drill for oil with the economy today in order to lower gas prices, oil prices, and give people jobs, or do the people of the United States protect one of the national wildlife refuges, which would affect the people and the animals that live in the beautiful land of Alaska. This is something that is being debated and could affect the nations economy, or could drastically change some people’s lives in Alaska. Dr. Lee does not say directly what side he is taking about drilling in the ANWR. But the way that he asks the questions, and states his opinion makes me believe to think he believes in drilling for oil.
Fourth, it established procedures whereby formal export licensing controls would be placed upon a very limited number of "extremely hazardous substances" that represented a serious threat to human health or the environment, and the export of which would threaten U.S. foreign policy interests. Export licenses for such substances would be granted only in "exceptional cases" where the importing country when fully informed, had no objection.” (Scherr, 1982) Soon after when Reagan took the Presidency, he revoked this order, and the tears since the U.S. government has given the exporters of hazardous products a free pass to do so, and has led to the double standards we have today in health and trade issues. This has created what is referred to as the “The Boomerang Dump”, chemicals that are found in our foods that are imported from
Again in the media there are concerns about finding oil and the cost of getting it to the United States, so when the oil companies start setting up new stations it can guarantee some security in the future. Also economists might see the built as a positive shift in the economy. Oil companies foresee the area flourishing and they are coming to settle before the people get there. The factor of expectations could be hard to read because every decision made from a forecast is a risk that may change the market as a whole in the
Then, U.S soldiers will never have to visit the Persian Gulf for oil or except for vacation. The theory of energy independence has become really bright and sensible until the September 11th; America was attacked. For this reason, he mentions that many Americans have been hypnotized to two issues: oil and terrorism. Americans consider that all the foreign oil, and thus all the foreign energy is bad. It is something danger to the economy, a danger to security of the national,
English 112 9/25/2011 Why would depleting our world of all its natural resources be a good thing? In this review written by Tyler Hamilton, he looks into a new oil (Oil Sands) found on the U.S. and Canada border. It is apparent that he feels this is a positive find but I’m not so convinced. This could be bad because of cost, Demand increase, and the lack to look for better alternative solutions. This is not the oil they are pumping out of Texas or the Middle East; it is dirty oil that has to be extracted and cleaned.
"Think about that. If another country threatened to wipe out an American town, we'd do everything in our power to protect ourselves," Obama said in the address. "Climate change poses the same threat, right now. "Even though environmentalists welcome the President's focus, some conservationists have accused Obama of climate hypocrisy, citing the recent approval for Royal Dutch Shell to begin oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea off of Alaska's northwest coast.
Conservation & Preservation SCI/275 Natalie Adams 9/9/2011 Shannon Bigham The two terms conservation and preservation are often confused by many. Most people believe that they have the same meaning, but in actuality they have very different meanings for example, conservation is the process of using our earth’s natural resources in a manner that will prevent depletion and during this process most natural resources such as trees, water, wildlife, and minerals are used to benefit society but are only managed so they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced and preservation is the process of maintaining the earth’s natural resources in its natural state, free of human destruction and during this process, the earth’s natural
James Doher Informative Speech Outline Proposition: To persuade the audience to oppose offshore oil drilling. Intro: Oil and gas are a necessity to everyday life; however, there are safer ways to extrude these chemicals than what has been done in the past. Stop offshore oil drilling or make it safer for the environment. There are many other ways to obtain oil without harming the environment. Where were you April 22, 2010-Earth Day, just 2 days after the BP oil spill, and how did you help sustain the Earth?
From the perspective of an environmental pessimist, we are witnessing “the death of birth” while, from the perspective of an environmental optimist, we are well on our way to sustainable development. These two opposing views of looking at the environment are quite prominent in our society. The concept of sustainable development has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. While in the past, environmentalists have been pointing to the great damage that has been, and is still being, done to the environment. There have been those who have tried to push back with the idea that humans have not been destroying the environment, and the changes that have been taking place in the environment, notably, climate change, are the result of natural causes.