Our lives revolve around oil. Oil brings food to our stores, comprises the fibers in our carpets and makes the plastic in our DVDs. With demand so high it’s no wonder attention has turned to supply, with some advocating the U.S. lift the ban against drilling for oil off its coasts. Is offshore oil drilling a golden opportunity, or would it only create a tidal wave of disaster?
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Offshore Drilling Threatens Our Fish Stocks and Ocean Resources
- From NRDC
By Natural Resources Defense Council - The Earth's Best Defense
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We already know how to drill. However, we don't know what our next major resource that is going to take the place of oil is yet. So, it is pretty obvious what the logical thing to do here is. DRILL!
Why are food costs at an all time high? Oh, it is because of high oil prices that could be reduced if we would just do what we know how to do, and just drill! It makes sense; I promise. The food products have to be transported from place to place by cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats that all rely on an oil-based product. Food prices are raised due to oil prices. The food products are, most of the time, packaged in plastic containers and/or wraps, and plastic is an oil-based product. Once again, food prices are raised due to oil prices. Do you see the pattern here?
So when you say "offshore drilling threatens our fish stocks and ocean resources," the actual wildlife of the ocean is not your major concern. It is how it could possible effect the prices of food IF there was an oil spill. That is a pretty big "if."
- kirbi
January 25, 2009 1:32PM
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