Drill In Ankr
A strong cool breeze pushed its way through the tall, dark, green pine trees that danced as they swayed back and forth in the bright daylight. The snow caped rugged mountains, seemed to reach the sky. The wild caribou roamed freely as they searched for leaves and mushrooms along the soft green grass. The polar bears slowly, and carefully searched for seal in the icy cold waters. Two grizzly bears, a mama bear and the other the baby bear, wandered about and stopped in front of a large oil pipe that went on for miles. The moma grizzly bear used her back legs and was able to jump up and over the oil pipe by herself. The baby grizzly bear kept on trying to jump over to reach its moma, but he couldn't jump over so he was left behind, alone, and
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with no food. Things like this are happening in the Arctic and this is confusing the animals and changing their environment. One thing we know for sure is that there will be controversy about drilling in ANWR as long as the United states relies on oil. ANWR stands for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The United States has recently been using more oil than it can supply for itself, and that is 25 to 35% of the world’s oil. We are in need of a solution. Some say that drilling in ANWR is the solution, and others think otherwise.
To start, The United States oil production isn’t very strong. Alaska has some of the supply of oil. The United States uses more oil that it can buy and get and that is causing a problem. People believe that in ANWR there will be lots of oil that will help the United states come out of its oil shortage. According to the article Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History says,“In 1980 the United States was importing more than a third of its oil.” This quote is an example of the amount of oil that the United States was importing from other places. Also in the same article It explains that during that same year 1980 the United States was in an oil crisis, where parts off the middle east were cutting off their oil supply to the United states. With the United states running out of oil they became desperate, and tried to rely on other countries for their imports, but as the Department of United States History explained the middle east was cutting off their oil supply To the United States. Next, The United States drilled in Alaska for many reasons. A good reason the United States drills in Alaska is because there is a great oil field named Prudhoe bay. The article “Oil Drilling in Alaska” by The Foundation of Economic Education, explains that Prudhoe Bay produced two million barrels of oil each day. Another great fact about prudhoe bay from Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History is that it is producing twentyfive percent of all the oil that the United States is producing. Last. Because if the oil coming from prudhoe bay people are debating on drilling for oil in ANWR. ANWR is located east of prudhoe bay according to Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History. It also explained that the oil in ANWR is supposed to be richer oil that in prudhoe bay. This is because the ground has very rich soil. In the same article it says that the congress has the power to drill 1.5 million acres on the shore. Many people believe that there are many positives of drilling.
One reason, is that drilling creates jobs. For example, a quote from “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development” is “Jobs will be created between 250,000 ANWR jobs and 750,000” This shows that drilling in ANWR will give so many people, paid jobs. The article “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” says that for every barrel of oil, United States gains $135. The United States is always importing oil from other places and by drilling in ANWR the United States would save 150 billion dollars. That Money could be used for something else that is useful. Next, on torn apart, only a small portion of land will be affected by the drilling. For example instead of most of the land being drilled open and left looking “like Mars” most of the land would be reserved and kept untouched. The article “Open Letter to Congress” talks about how United States Congressional Records says that they will promise to preserve our environment. This is a positive outcome that drilling in ANWR would bring. Lastly, Drilling in ANWR will lower the United States oil prices with less reliance on foreign oil. The article “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development” states that the United States pays around 150 billion dollars in oil imports. Thats a lot of money and If the United States Drilled in ANWR it would cause that number to decease. “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” states that “Pro-drilling policies would likely bring lower prices”. That is a positive effect because oil prices wouldn’t be as high, and cost Americans a fortune. Last, The same article says that “$1.3 trillion that we would not have to send to Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.” Thats a lot of money we would save on oil, and shipping their and
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There are also some negatives of Drilling in ANWR. First, the drilling will affect the wildlife that live there. The article “Impacts of Drilling” describes it as “Virtual birthing ground for polar bear, grizzlies, arctic wolves, caribou, and endangered shaggy musk ox, a mammoth like survivor of the last ice age.” This quote gives examples of animals that live in ANWR. If the United States drilled in ANWR it would destroy the animals and their natural habitat. Also oil spills could have an effect on the environment, like hurting the birds, fish and all sea creatures that live in the water. Not only will it affect the water and animals, but it will also pollute the environment. For example “Landscape defaced by mountains of sewage, sludge, scrap metal, garbage, and more than 60 contaminated waste sites.” This quote is from “Impacts of Drilling” an article that descriptively describes what ANWR could look like if the United States decides to drill in ANWR lastly there might not be enough oil to make a significant impact. In the article “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” by Paul Driessen, Driessen states “We can’t drill our way out of our energy problem.” His quote leaves the point that we need to find another way to get energy because oil is running out. Also in the “Save ANWR” article its says that ANWR only has a six month supply of oil. With only that much oil The United States could simply run out and have to again rely on the middle east for oil supply.
with no food. Things like this are happening in the Arctic and this is confusing the animals and changing their environment. One thing we know for sure is that there will be controversy about drilling in ANWR as long as the United states relies on oil. ANWR stands for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The United States has recently been using more oil than it can supply for itself, and that is 25 to 35% of the world’s oil. We are in need of a solution. Some say that drilling in ANWR is the solution, and others think otherwise.
To start, The United States oil production isn’t very strong. Alaska has some of the supply of oil. The United States uses more oil that it can buy and get and that is causing a problem. People believe that in ANWR there will be lots of oil that will help the United states come out of its oil shortage. According to the article Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History says,“In 1980 the United States was importing more than a third of its oil.” This quote is an example of the amount of oil that the United States was importing from other places. Also in the same article It explains that during that same year 1980 the United States was in an oil crisis, where parts off the middle east were cutting off their oil supply to the United states. With the United states running out of oil they became desperate, and tried to rely on other countries for their imports, but as the Department of United States History explained the middle east was cutting off their oil supply To the United States. Next, The United States drilled in Alaska for many reasons. A good reason the United States drills in Alaska is because there is a great oil field named Prudhoe bay. The article “Oil Drilling in Alaska” by The Foundation of Economic Education, explains that Prudhoe Bay produced two million barrels of oil each day. Another great fact about prudhoe bay from Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History is that it is producing twentyfive percent of all the oil that the United States is producing. Last. Because if the oil coming from prudhoe bay people are debating on drilling for oil in ANWR. ANWR is located east of prudhoe bay according to Should the United States Drill for Oil in Alaska's Wilderness? By Department of United States History. It also explained that the oil in ANWR is supposed to be richer oil that in prudhoe bay. This is because the ground has very rich soil. In the same article it says that the congress has the power to drill 1.5 million acres on the shore. Many people believe that there are many positives of drilling.
One reason, is that drilling creates jobs. For example, a quote from “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development” is “Jobs will be created between 250,000 ANWR jobs and 750,000” This shows that drilling in ANWR will give so many people, paid jobs. The article “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” says that for every barrel of oil, United States gains $135. The United States is always importing oil from other places and by drilling in ANWR the United States would save 150 billion dollars. That Money could be used for something else that is useful. Next, on torn apart, only a small portion of land will be affected by the drilling. For example instead of most of the land being drilled open and left looking “like Mars” most of the land would be reserved and kept untouched. The article “Open Letter to Congress” talks about how United States Congressional Records says that they will promise to preserve our environment. This is a positive outcome that drilling in ANWR would bring. Lastly, Drilling in ANWR will lower the United States oil prices with less reliance on foreign oil. The article “Top Ten Reasons to Support ANWR Development” states that the United States pays around 150 billion dollars in oil imports. Thats a lot of money and If the United States Drilled in ANWR it would cause that number to decease. “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” states that “Pro-drilling policies would likely bring lower prices”. That is a positive effect because oil prices wouldn’t be as high, and cost Americans a fortune. Last, The same article says that “$1.3 trillion that we would not have to send to Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.” Thats a lot of money we would save on oil, and shipping their and
back.
There are also some negatives of Drilling in ANWR. First, the drilling will affect the wildlife that live there. The article “Impacts of Drilling” describes it as “Virtual birthing ground for polar bear, grizzlies, arctic wolves, caribou, and endangered shaggy musk ox, a mammoth like survivor of the last ice age.” This quote gives examples of animals that live in ANWR. If the United States drilled in ANWR it would destroy the animals and their natural habitat. Also oil spills could have an effect on the environment, like hurting the birds, fish and all sea creatures that live in the water. Not only will it affect the water and animals, but it will also pollute the environment. For example “Landscape defaced by mountains of sewage, sludge, scrap metal, garbage, and more than 60 contaminated waste sites.” This quote is from “Impacts of Drilling” an article that descriptively describes what ANWR could look like if the United States decides to drill in ANWR lastly there might not be enough oil to make a significant impact. In the article “Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR.” by Paul Driessen, Driessen states “We can’t drill our way out of our energy problem.” His quote leaves the point that we need to find another way to get energy because oil is running out. Also in the “Save ANWR” article its says that ANWR only has a six month supply of oil. With only that much oil The United States could simply run out and have to again rely on the middle east for oil supply.