• supply us with oil
• dont have to buy from overseas=better economy

• Oil spills
• Not eco friendly
• Oil spills bad for economy even if we save money doing so
• Safer with on shore, no spills
• Species of fish and other aquatic life have decreased in population around oil rigs
• Distracts will to find eco friednly source of energy
• Challenge to keep up, msut be manned facilities and and disposing of rigs is very expensive

• Drilling offshore casues oil spills
• Distracts from finding eco friendly power source
• Not eco friendly
• Lowering populations of aquatic species and even endangering some
• Adds on to carbon emmsions=GLOBAL WARMING
• april 2010, spill 8 million gallons
• biggest spill in history
• Offshore wind farms may be a better source of clean energy

Offshore drilling should be banned once we have the technology to use more ecofriendly things like electric cars, clean energy, ect.

• Rumored to do this b/c its better since we dont have to get imported oil
• Worse becasue waht we do save is wasted on oil spill clean ups
• Find some on shore=less endangered species
• Barely reduces need of imported oil
• Cost over 60 million and up to 100 million to drill only one water well- only one million to do on dry land

• Can use to get eco friendly cars
• Cleaner fuel
• Cleaner transportation services
• More jobs can be produced in an clean energy place (wind farm) than an oil rig

• 30% of oil for US comes from just the Gulf of Mexico, 40% is from US
• Domestic oil= $60-65 per barrel
• Imported oil= $10-20 per barrel
• Predicted to have minimal effect on gas prices
• Vehilce effiiciency= 30-50% reduced fuel consumption

Although having our own source and supply may be a good thing, if we get rid of this, we could have better relations with foreign countries that we get oil from and we could even get help from them to find better ways to be ecofriendly.

Even if we end up saving money using offshore oilrigs, it cost alot to build them and alot more to clean up after them. If we have to drill, drill onshore.