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    Oil Drilling

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    No Oil Drilling In Protected Areas Oil‚ or petroleum‚ is a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons and rock minerals found below the earth ’s surface. When the oil is extracted from the ground it is then refined into various gases or fuels and as a raw material‚ it can be used to make plastic‚ pesticides and many more uses. Oil drilling is a process of perforating the earth’s surface and rock layers to extract fossil fuels or oil for energy productions. Oil is found all over the world and it

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    Oil Drilling

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    Oil Drilling Have you ever seen an animal covered in sludge‚ helpless and weak? Offshore oil drilling is one of our world’s biggest concerns. Offshore oil drilling is the discovery of finding oil or gasoline resources underwater. Usually the oil is found off the coasts of each continent and can also be found in lakes and small seas. Drilling for oil provides the energy to make fuels for cars and other machinery. Many different platforms can be used for offshore oil drilling such as drill ships

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    had a headline about the BP oil spill? Do you think if America would have started converting to another resource such as wind‚ this would’ve still happened? Are oil and oil based products are taking over the economy? Think about everything you used today that uses or is made with oil such as gas‚ plastic‚ ink‚ and tires. Americans consume petroleum products at a rate of three-and-a-half gallons of oil and more than 250 cubic feet of natural gas per day each! However‚ oil brings in 331 billion dollars

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    Offshore Oil Drilling

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    life? Some people do‚ and when people are offshore drilling they can cause a lot of problems if something goes wrong. The biggest concern by environmentalist is not a spill‚ but the pollution of the air and water‚ damage to the ocean bottom and debris that washes ashore from day-to-day operations of oil and gas rigs. Oil Drilling can lead to jobs being endangered‚ animals dying‚ and damaging the eco system. So many animals are dying because of the oil in the water. Proofread to- Government wildlife

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    Oil Drilling NEG

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    Table of Contents Openers 11 Oil Drilling: The Definition of Insanity 11 AT’s 12 AT: Regulatory Reforms Made 12 No Additional Regulation 12 Insignificant Changes 12 Blowout Prevents Deficient 13 Insufficient Reforms 13 AT: Government: Impact is Small 14 OECM model flawed 14 AT: Moratorium Caused Job Loss 14 Moratorium didn’t cause significant job loss 14 AT: Gas Price Reductions 15 Opener: Won’t Reduce Gas Prices 15 Opener: Political Rhetoric is False 15 AP Study: No Correlation between Prices and

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    Oil Drilling in the Arctic

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    The Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge is one of America’s last great wilderness areas. It is home to many animals such as polar bears‚ wolves‚ and grizzly bears‚ caribou herds‚ snow geese‚ musk oxen‚ and dozens of other species. If your oil companies keep drilling in the Arctic‚ most of these beautiful creatures will die‚ and some will become extinct. The Coastal Plain is home to these animals. Annually‚ a herd of 129‚000 caribou gather on the Coastal Plain to bear and nurse their young. Polar bears

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    Oil Drilling in Alaska

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    Oil Drilling in Alaska There is believed to be between 5.7 and 16 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil in Alaska. The only thing holding us back from drilling there because it would damage a protected national wildlife refuge in the act killing many animals. The controversy of whether to drill there or not has been going on since around 1977. The last two presidents we had were on different sides of how they felt about the drilling. There are many positives to drilling in Alaska but for every

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    Alaska Oil Drilling

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    degradation. An example that sheds light on the conflict between human interests and environmental responsibility is the controversial approval of the oil drilling in the Northern Slope region of Alaska and the drilling that has already began‚ in the Tar Sands of Alberta. In this paper I will firstly explain the situation regarding why the drilling for oil is up for debate to take place. Secondly I will assess the benefits and the irreparable damage that could possibly bring forth devastating effects

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    Domestic Oil Drilling

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    English 102 Monday 6pm 2/13/2012 Domestic Oil Drilling: Benefits and Risks. Senator Everett Dirksen once noted “The oilcan is mightier than the sword”. In today’s world‚ it is easy to see why oil can be considered the most important resource to hold. Without oil‚ many of the common day occurrences we take for granted would be impossible. Oil is used for almost everything; from the fuel used to drive our vehicles‚ to the plastics used in every facet of life‚ and providing the heat needed to live

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    Arctic Oil Drilling

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    every month or so as a result of the scarcity of oil. Some people just shrug the price increase off and cope with it‚ but the economic effect is far greater than it first appears. As the price of oil increases‚ so does the price of all other products that are transported. There is‚ however‚ an opportunity for the United States to increase the supply of available crude oil by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The idea of drilling in the Arctic has been controversial and to the present

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