Author's Note: This piece is really about how drilling or not drilling in Alaska would affect many different things. This was also, my social studies essay. I thought it was a good enough essay to post on my blog. I choose that drilling would help the U.S, but I also thought about how choosing against it because there are many downfalls to drilling.
Environmental issues are probably one of the biggest decisions on why or why we shouldn’t drill for oil; I feel that the social issues are even as big as the environmental issues. The Inupiat Eskimos are probably the most important part of the social group. They live in one of the 1.5 million acres that would be drilled. If they were to drill there then the Inupiat Eskimos would be run out of their homeland! In some ways, the Inupiat people want the money so they want to drill, but in other words they really don’t cause they wouldn’t be able to live in their homes. There would be between 250,000 and 750,000 ANWR jobs created only if drilling were to occur. The jobs in the U.S have been decreasing, so with the help of these new jobs, the job rate could increase! The social arguments have more important reasons on why we shouldn’t drill at all.
Drilling in Alaska could help the limited supply of oil, but would drilling in Alaska be a good thing? One opinion is we should drill in Alaska, which some people think that it would be a great decision. I think if we were to drill in Alaska, it would be good because oil is getting harder and harder to find so we have to drill in challenging environments, such as the deep ocean and the deserts of Africa. According, to Science in the News, those are the only two places left, if we choose not to drill in Alaska. Drilling in Alaska has many pros, but is also has many cons. If we were to drill there, where would all the people have to go? The people might not have a place to go, but the American National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could drill somewhere else in Alaska since it consists of 19 million acres of land. The ANWR might end up ruining those 1.5 million acres of land that are being considered for oil development. I believe that we should drill in Alaska, but I am not so sure it is in our best interest to.
Regardless of whether we should drill for oil or we shouldn’t, both sides have economic issues. For instance, if we were to drill it would take ten years for any Arctic Refuge oil to reach the market, says NRDC Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If we didn’t drill, it wouldn’t make much of a difference on the economy, because if we did drill it would only reduce 4% of oil imports having no real effect on prices. Although, not drilling would have no real effect on price, but drilling in Alaska would reduce the cumulative net expenditures on crude oil by $135 billion to $327 billion between 2018 and 2030, says Arctic refuge Drilling Controversy. Therefore, drilling for oil has more economic arguments on why we should drill for oil.
Regardless of whether we should drill for oil or we shouldn’t, both sides have economic issues. For instance, if we were to drill it would take ten years for any Arctic Refuge oil to reach the market, says NRDC Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If we didn’t drill, it wouldn’t make much of a difference on the economy, because if we did drill it would only reduce 4% of oil imports having no real effect on prices. Although, not drilling would have no real effect on price, but drilling in Alaska would reduce the cumulative net expenditures on crude oil by $135 billion to $327 billion between 2018 and 2030, says Arctic refuge Drilling Controversy. Therefore, drilling for oil has more economic arguments on why we should drill for oil.
Although, economic issues are a big part of the drilling process, I think environmental issues have a bigger say in the process. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is by many rivers and an oil spill could occur. If the oil spill would happen it would kill all of the wildlife in the rivers. The people that hunt around there would have no more river animals to hunt. If they did drill there though, it would help us have more oil for natural resources. We are running out of oil so knowing that we have might have oil would be great! On the other hand, they would have to run the animals out of their homeland. The animal’s homeland is the place where they have food and their homes that they have made. I know how that feels a little bit, since I was new to Pewaukee last year, so I didn’t know everyone. I felt as if I was a whole new person in a new world. If you thought about how you would feel if you had to be run out of your homeland, then you would agree with me that we shouldn’t drill for oil because of all of the environmental issues.
Environmental issues are probably one of the biggest decisions on why or why we shouldn’t drill for oil; I feel that the social issues are even as big as the environmental issues. The Inupiat Eskimos are probably the most important part of the social group. They live in one of the 1.5 million acres that would be drilled. If they were to drill there then the Inupiat Eskimos would be run out of their homeland! In some ways, the Inupiat people want the money so they want to drill, but in other words they really don’t cause they wouldn’t be able to live in their homes. There would be between 250,000 and 750,000 ANWR jobs created only if drilling were to occur. The jobs in the U.S have been decreasing, so with the help of these new jobs, the job rate could increase! The social arguments have more important reasons on why we shouldn’t drill at all.
Just, because social might have many arguments on both points of view, social has a few more arguments on why we shouldn’t drill; I feel the same way on why we should not drill for oil in Alaska or we should. Lastly, social arguments and environmental issues have many more reasons on why we shouldn’t drill for oil but, the economic arguments have more reasons on why we should drill for oil. Drilling in Alaska or not drilling there I believe both will help many different reasons.
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