So, in America there are 3 trillion barrels of recoverable oil. But were not drilling it. If America's existing marginal wells (wells that produce less than 15 barrels a day) were reopened. in 30 days we wouldn't have to import a single barrel from the Middle-East. Why aren't we drilling? Are the Oil Companies stopping us? No. The Environmentalists are. Should they be allowed to?
The 'Environmentalists' should reconsider what they are protesting about. What's worse? Oil being drilled safely under protection of government, or, countries being bombed for their oil? We all know oil plays a role in the war.
I think these "Environmentalists" are just people who jumped on the bandwagon, they probably don't know ****; they may just be protesting for the sake of protesting, the second they hear oil, they pounce.
We are actually in no shortage of oil at all, so there is no reason to drill more. I have to go, but later ill add more
Drill, drill, drill! I mean it’s nice that were making new forms of “green” energy, but until those became mainstream (long time away) lets just keep drilling for oil.
We're not running out of oil! There is no shortage, and the fact that everyone thinks that we've hit "peak oil" is total bullshit. The reason oil prices are so high now are due to the speculators. A few years ago, our lovely U.S. government (led and influenced by oil guys Bush and Cheney) stopped regulating the oil speculation industry. This led to out of control oil speculation, which, under the cover of "peak oil" and Middle East worries, has largely gone unnoticed. The price of a barrel of oil is being increased by the "middle man" speculators, not the OPEC nations exporting the oil. In fact, if I remember right, I think Saudi Arabia (it might have been another OPEC country, I don't remember) recently stated that they would be totally fine with oil at $30 a barrel. This speculation has created a win-win situation for Bush & his oil buddies (that are involved in oil futures & financial speculation), as they have largely manipulated an entire industry for personal gain. Though I despise the fact that they've done this to our nation, and hurt the lives of so many Americans, I actually respect his cleverness and the way he's handled the situation. I love how everyone calls Bush a dumbass, when in actuality he's been manipulating the oil market in a really smart way. I'm not saying that I support his and his cronies' actions, just that I respect his cleverness. And for those of you that don't know what oil speculation is, go here.
It costs about 400,000 dollars to 1,000,000 dollars to drill for oil in a relatively flat spot, Arizona. And an additional 7,000 dollars to 15,000 dollars per day to drill. And an entry level position's pay is about 100 dollars. And if it is like any normal workplace hierarchy, they will get more pay as they go on. And to rent an offshore drilling mechanism costs around $500,000 dollars. A barrel of oil costs 139 dollars from the Middle East. Much cheaper. There is no reason to open ours, it would put us even more in the hole than we are now. Even if we reopen the old ones, the cost of labor and the daily cost of the machine would be much higher than the cost of the Middle East's, Venezuela, and other countries oil. Cost to Drill Cost of a Barrel Cost to Rent an Offshore Driller Workers pay
thats actually a major reason good job + rep You fail to make any real statements, the facts that you put forward do not make the connection that you do. Let me rephrase your statement to show why it is insufficient. It costs 400,000 to 1,000,000 to drill in Arizona, and 7,000 to 15,000 dollars per day to drill, you also pay the workers 100 dollars, and the pay always increases in higher positions (so you must infer there is more costs there). Also renting an off shore oil rig costs 500,000 dollars. Thus American oil is cheaper than Middle Eatsern oil? To complete the connection that yuo were trying to make you would have had to put It costs _____ to ______ to drill in the middle east, plus ____ to ____dollars a day, plus _____ in woker pay, plus _______ costs to transport the oil, plus _______ costs for profit. Also it costs _____ for an offshore rig in the middle east (or elsewhere) But you didnt, you made a leap without the facts to back it. I have looked for these facts on the internet and have so far come up dry. But the point still remains that it is an unbased arguement. I also want to point out that youir first source is outdated (5 years) since then oil prices have increased over 400% Why will drilling in America reduce oil prices? Simple supply and demand, if you have a steady supply of an item (oil) and a rising demand (people) then the price goes up. However is you flush the system with more of the item (drilling in America) then the price goes down. Cmon, everyone knows that.
I posted this link in response to something else, but it fits well here. Saudi Arabia bids to calm oil market - Telegraph We don't need to drill here, theres lots of oil in Saudi Arabia, and they will overdrill if need be to drive prices down. It's the middle men buying up the available oil and charging too much to sell it back. If they overdrill than these middle men won't any money and prices will be forced down.
Even assuming that the prices are artificially inflated, 1. the oil would have to be transported a smaller distance, thus less transportation costs, 2. keeping the money from buying oil in the American economy would be incredibly beneficial.
Youd have to spend to much to drill and refine the oil, as well some people would be really pissed if the US cut trade ties. And in Canada, we ship all our oil to the states for whatever reason..but its gotta be beneficial some how..or our government is just stupid.
So your a Canadian, of course you would be against cutting trade ties then, it would be un-benificial to you.
ok now i can post: We are in no way, shape, or form, short of oil. There are tankers waiting in the oceans to go to a refinery. Bush is not involved as much as some say, his only involvment is relations with OPEC nations and whether or not they hate us. (even then, money can solve that; who cares if your people hate our people, we want your money!) All it is are people high up in the oil business that realised how dependant we are on oil, and jacked up the price. They knew wed pay it...and we are....
I would like to see a source? Yes we need to build more refineries too, but that alone wont solve the problem merely lighten it. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/business/worldbusiness/24oil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
the diggiage for oil hurts the enviorment. it is what caused amny animals to die! read this artical! [size 5 pt] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Imagine yourself as a killer whale. You are swimming around when you decide to stick your head out of the water to take a breath. As you are taking a breath, you see a large stream of thick black oil heading your way. You go back under water only to find other animals dying one by one because the oil is damaging their bodies.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]This is the way some animals must die in the ocean. They die because of an oil spill occurring in their habitat[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What’s an oil spill?[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down, the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the tanker again, they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]When countries are at war, one country may decide to dump gallons of oil into the other country’s oceans.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Terrorists may cause an oil spill because they will dump oil into a country’s ocean. Many terrorists will do this because they are trying to get the country’s attention, or they are trying to make a point to a country.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Illegal dumpers are people that will dump crude oil into the oceans because they do not want to spend money on decomposing their waste oil. Because they won’t spend money on breaking up the oil (decomposing it) they will dump oil into the oceans, which is illegal.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Natural disasters (like hurricanes) may cause an oil spill, too. If a hurricane was a couple of miles away, the winds from the hurricane could cause the oil tanker to flip over, pouring oil out.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What affects do oil spills have on animals?[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Birds die from oil spills if their feathers are covered in oil. The bird will then be poisoned because it will try to clean itself. Animals may die because they get hypothermia, causing their body temperature to be really low. They may die from really low body temperature. Oil may also cause the death of an animal by entering the animal’s lungs or liver. The animal will then be poisoned by the oil. Oil also can kill an animal by blinding it. The animal will not be able to see and be aware of their predators. If they are not aware of other animals, they may be eaten.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Visit the website below to watch an amazing video on how millions of penguins were injured in an oil spill! This website is one you need to visit! http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_1620000/1620001.stm[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Oil spills sometimes are the reason for animals becoming endangered. This means that a certain type of animal is getting so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea Birds[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Seabirds are strongly affected by oil spills. A seabird may get covered in the oil. The thick black oil is too heavy for the birds to fly, so they attempt to clean themselves. The bird then eats the oil to clean its feathers and poisons itself. If workers have found sea birds that are not dead because of oil, they will take the birds to a cleaning center or captivity where they are kept in a facility because they can not live in the wild on their own. Animals that are in captivity because of an oil spill will be cleaned by professionals and volunteers. When a bird is in captivity, the oil will be flushed from its eyes, intestines, and feathers. The bird will be examined for any more injuries like broken bones, and it will take a medicine to prevent any more damage.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]After the bird seems healthier, it will take a test on its abilities to float in the water and keep water away from its body. As soon as the bird passes its test, it will soon be let out into the wild.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea Otters[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea otters are affected by oil in many ways. The otters’ bodies may get covered in oil, which causes build up in the otters’ air bubbles. These air bubbles are located in their fur and help them survive the cold oceans. They act like a covering for their body and help the otters to float. When oil builds up in the air bubbles, the otters may die of low body temperature. Many sea otters are being placed in captivity after an oil spill until the otters are cleaned and ready to live in the ocean again.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Killer Whales[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Oil spills are one of the many ways killer whales have become endangered. The oil may be eaten or enter the whale’s blowhole. A blowhole is a hole to help them breath. Whales will rise up over the water to take a breath. If the blowhole is plugged with oil, the whale can not breathe. The main reason for whales dying because of a spill happens when they eat a fish that swam through the oil. If a fish swam through the oil, the whale will eat the oil along with the fish. Because the whale has eaten the oil, it will be poisoned, and it will die.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Small Organisms[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Many people don’t realize all the animals in the ocean that oil spills affect. Plankton, larval fish, and bottom dwelling organisms are strongly affected. Even seaweed, clams, oysters, and mussels can be affected by oil spills. Only off- shore accidents can really cause the death of these small living creatures because this is mainly the home for these small organisms.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]When hundreds of plankton die because of oil, that specie of animal may become extinct. Then, fish won’t be able to eat the plankton, so they will become extinct. A killer whale could then become extinct because it can’t eat the fish.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]This is what happens when a specie from animal becomes extinct of a large oil spill. The oil spills can damage the entire food chain in the area.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What is the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Exxon Valdez incident was a major oil spill. This oil spill took place on March 23, 1989 at Prince William Sound in Alaska.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How did it happen?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The drivers of the Exxon Valdez noticed icebergs in their planned route. Instead of trying to weave through the icebergs, they decided to go in another direction. On the new route, the oil tanker hit shallow land. The shallow land was not a beach, it was called Bligh Reef. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Imagine an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The Exxon Valdez spilled about 125 Olympic-sized swimming pools. You also can think of it as 108 homes or 430 classrooms. 797 living rooms or 9 school gyms can explain about how much oil was spilled by the Exxon Valdez.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How did the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill affect the animals at Prince William Sound?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Exxon Valdez affected many animals at Prince William Sound in Alaska. The spill greatly affected sea otters and sea birds. There were about 2,800 sea otters and 250,000 seabirds killed by the spill. Harbor seals, bald eagles, killer whales, and salmon were also greatly affected by the spill.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Many people complained about the large amount of sea otters dumped in crude oil because Prince William Sound was a tourist attraction. Many people came to Prince William Sound to visit the animals.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How many animals are recovering after ten years?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The table below shows all the animals that are not recovering, recovered, recovering, and that the recovering is unknown. It shows that only two species had recovered ten years after the spill. It also shows how many animals are still recovering ten years later.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Not Recovering Animals[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Recovered Animals[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Recovering Animals[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Recovering is unknown[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Common Loon[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Bald eagle[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Black oystercatcher[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Cutthroat trout[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Cormorant[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]River otter[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Common murre[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Dolly Varden[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Harbor Seal[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Marbled murrelett[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Kittlitz murrelet[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Harlequin Duck[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Mussel[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Rockfish[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Killer Whale[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Pacific Herring[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Pigeon Quillemont[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Pink Salmon[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea otter[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sockeye Salmon[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How long did it take to clean the up spill?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Because the spill impacted 1,300 miles, it took the Exxon Valdez Company four summers to clean up the spill. Some oil may still remain on the beaches. It took 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, 100 airplanes, and the Navy, Army, and Air Force to clean up the spill. Exxon spent about $2.1 billion for the clean up.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The oil flow of the Exxon Valdez[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Look at the diagram below. This diagram shows where the oil flowed and how far it flowed through Alaska. The map also tells you where the oil spill started in Alaska, which would be in Prince William Sound.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 7 90 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 11[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]140 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 15[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]180 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 19[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]250 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 38[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]280 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Day 56 Day 40 470 miles 350 miles[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]GREEN=The oil STAR=Prince William Sound[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What is a doubled hulled ship?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]A Doubled Hulled Ship[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]A doubled-hulled ship is used for taking oil from one place to another. This boat contains two layers. One layer is where the oil is stored. Another layer surrounds it. If there were a crack in the boat, it wouldn’t have a large affect on the animals because not that much oil would spill as if it was a regular tanker. The crack would have to go through another layer in order to get to the oil. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Look at the diagram to the left, and it will give you an idea of what a doubled-hulled ship looks like. As you see, the boat has two layers. The middle layer holds all the oil. When there is a crack in the outer layer, it won’t cause any oil to spill out. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]An Oil Tanker[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]If you look at the regular tanker to the right, you will see that there only has to be one crack in the tanker in order to leak. This shows that a doubled-hulled ship will not have such a large chance of causing a spill.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Why didn’t the Exxon Valdez have a double hull?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]If the Exxon Valdez were a doubled-hulled ship, the chance of an oil spill would be 60% smaller. They wouldn’t have a great spill in the ocean.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]If the chances of a spill would be much smaller, why didn’t the Exxon Valdez buy a doubled-hulled ship? A doubled-hulled ship costs $300,000,000 in America. A regular oil tanker costs about $200,000,000. The Exxon company decided to wait until the year 2015 in order to buy a doubled-hulled ship. The Law says that every tanker must be a double hull ship by 2015.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Were there any other major spills around the world?[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There have been other major spills around the world. The table below gives you a few oil spills that have occurred around the world. As you see, these oil spills have occurred in many different places. None of them seem to be near each other. You can also see how of the largest spills occurred in the 90’s.The table shows you that many spills have spilled over 10,000 tons of oil.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What Year?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Where did it occur?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]What tanker was it?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How much oil did it spill (in tons)?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]1983[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Persian Gulf[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Nowruz Oil Field[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]600,000[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]1983[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]South Africa[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Castillo De Belluer[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]250,000[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]1988[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Monongahela River[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Storage Tank[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]3,800,000[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]1993[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Off The Shetland Islands[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Braer[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]26,000,000[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]1996[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Off SW Wales[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea Empress[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]18,000,000[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]2001[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Galapagos Islands[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Jessica[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]240,000[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There has recently been an oil spill on May 9, 2001 in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands are located off the coast of Ecuador. The tanker, Jessica, tipped over pouring 240,000 gallons of oil into the ocean.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Workers used chemicals to break down the oil. If the oil is able to reach the bottom of the ocean, it might take at least two years to clean. Sea lions, pelican, seagulls, sea urchins, and seaweed have been affected by this spill. Workers used soap to clean the fur and feathers of hurt animals and milk for the animals’ heads because it wouldn’t hurt the animals’ eyes.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]A couple months after the Jessica oil spill, scientists are studying different things about the spill. Some scientists are studying 650 different sites and seeing which sites were affected by the spill. They are trying to find out where the oil impacted and the animals that were and weren’t affected so they can learn more about the effects of oil spills.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How do they clean up the oil on the beaches or the water after a spill?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There are many ways to stop the spread of oil in the ocean. Workers can place a boom around the tanker that is spilling oil. Booms collect the oil off the water. A boom may be placed somewhere before an oil spill. They can be placed around an entrance to the ocean, like a stream. They also can be placed around a habitat with many animals living there. These booms will absorb any oil that flows around it.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The workers can also use skimmers. Skimmers are boats that can remove the oil off the water. Sorbents are sponges that can collect the oil. An airplane can fly over the water dropping chemicals into the ocean. The chemicals can break down the oil into the ocean.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]They also can burn freshly spilled oil with fireproof booms to contain the oil. They might not decide to burn the oil because this method causes air pollution.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There are just a few ways to clean the oil off the beaches. Workers can use high or low pressure hoses to spray the oil that is on the beaches. Vacuum trucks may be driven on the beaches to vacuum up the oil. They can also simply use shovels or road equipment to collect all the oil off the beaches.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The method they use to clean the beaches or oceans depends on many things. They have to look at the weather, the type and amount of oil spilled, if people live in that area, what types of animals live in that area, and many more things. In some situations, they may not react to a spill. It may not be helpful or it would just cause even more damage to that habitat.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]How do they clean animals after a spill?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Birds[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There are many ways that animals are cleaned after an oil spill. When birds arrive at the cleaning center, the oil is flushed from the eyes and the intestines. They will also be examined for any broken bones, cuts, or any other injuries. Next, they will get a stomach-coating medicine to prevent any more oil from entering birds’ stomachs. Birds will then be warmed and placed in a quiet area.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Birds need to eat so they have some nutrition while they are recovering. Some animals might eat off a pan. Others may be forced to eat by a worker before they can feed themselves.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]When a bird appears to be normal, it is allowed to swim. The bird will then trim and clean its own feathers to bring them back to their normal body structure. This will help the bird swim again. Next, the bird will have to pass a waterproof test. If the bird passes, it will slowly be introduced to the temperatures outside. In the test, the bird must show the ability to float and the ability to keep the water away from its body. Before they let the bird go, they must check it to make sure that its muscular structure is average for its species and the birds have no disease. Then the birds are released into the wild.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sea Otters[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]When sea otters are taken to a cleaning facility, the heavy oiled otters will be washed first. Workers will wash the otters with warm water because they hope it will break down the oil. The warm water also can warm the otters up. The otters also will get medical treatment while they are being cleaned. The otters will then have to wait so they can dry.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]After their fur is dry, they have to stay a few more days so the workers are sure of no diseases or broken bones.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Helping and Saving the Sea Life Today[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Have you ever stopped to think what you use oil for? Every one uses oil a lot. The whole world uses nearly three billion gallons of oil every day. We all use it to fuel our cars, trucks, buses, and even to heat our homes. If you have touched a chain on a bicycle, you have touched some oil. The black stuff that appears on your fingers is an oil that makes the chains on your bike run smoothly. We use oil to make asphalt which can help us pave our roads. You can get examples of oil at a toy store, a hardware store, or a drugstore, because oil is made into plastics, which could be any of your toys or CD players. Oil is also used in medicines, ink, paints, and to create some electricity. We all can help stop oil spills happening in the oceans. If you use less oil, then less will have to be transported. We can use less oil by not using our cars when we can walk or ride a bike. We also can use less oil by paving the roads with cement. That way we are not using oil.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Think about how many lights you have in your house. Also think about all the electronics like computers or televisions. All of these things use electricity. If we all were to turn off lights, computers, or televisions when not in use, we wouldn’t be using as mush oil to create the electricity throughout the house.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]There are many things being done to prevent more spills. The US Congress passed OPA (Ocean Pollution Act) 90 (in 1990). The OPA 90’s major laws are:[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Emergency Response Plans- This law says that the owners of the tanker must have a detailed plan on what they will do if there was a spill. They must have this plan written before any spill.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Double Hulls- The law says that all ships in the U.S are required to have a double hull by 2015.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Liability- The law says that the owners of a boat that spills oil will have to pay $1,200 for every ton they spill.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Spill Fund-The law says that the government has money from companies that transport the oil so when a spill occurs, the government can pay for the clean up.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Navigation- The law says that the Coast Guard must know where the oil tankers can drive without an oil spill occurring.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]As you see, there are many things being done to prevent oil spills. If everyone around the world decided to use less oil, we would lower the risk of a large spill. 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Click one of the envelopes to send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.[/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Protecting the Home We Live In: Environmental Issues Novi Meadows Elementary, 2002 [/FONT] </SPAN> About This Site > Library > FAQ > 7,000+ sites by kids for kids Privacy Policy Terms of Use [/size] that wa in 2002. now the death toll of animalls has gone up! now i hear you say dig in arizona or someware near a desert! well digging in deserts affects the naturl wild life there, that now is going away do to global warming causing droughts! next look at the wars that happen because of oil. this is the death total in iraq of iraqies! we wouldn't want that to happen in america or anywear else would we? well if we start digging now countrys will demand oil and we might break into war! ~blue sites used Thursday: 3 Marines, 48 Iraqis Killed; 114 Iraqis Wounded - Antiwar.com Oil Spills
That debate is irrelevant to this thread, how does it relate. Animals die because of accidents. So what? We are talking about world economy, and the State's economy. Please tie it in somehow.
FOR CHRISTS SAKE REDUCE YOUR FONT SIZE. are animals more important than peopel? Becuase people stave when they cannot pay for basic necessities.
this relates to the topic because it is oil that kills the animals! if we didn't dig that much the animals wouldn't die! plus if we start to dig more animals will die!
ferret, what I mean is cutting trade ties may not be necessarily bad for your economy, but rather world image. Chavez already doesn't like Bush, and in general the states. He is an unstable, idiotic dictator (who i happen to think is hilariously awesome, but not in a good way..hes just funny). Hes making buddy buddy with Russia, China and Korea. Cutting your nearly 50% of his economic stability (trade ties) would give him a lot bigger reason to hate the US. Something that seems like it might lead to a war. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html Exports - partners: US 46.2%, Netherlands Antilles 13.5%, China 3.2% (2006) Hugo Chávez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia