What is a good arguments for offshore oil drilling for oil?

Answer 1

Well, most arguments against it are based on the environmental impacts as well as the potential of offshore drilling to discourage alternative energy. However, if drilling standards (including site planning, construction, resource retrieval and clean-up response) are made to be environmentally conscious (how much so? the difficulity is in the details) then offshore drilling is not necessarily bad. Due to growing energy demands, alternative energy is still an area of great research and experimentation of which we are beginning to implement in our infrastructure and society. Although some discourage alternative energy in lieu of oil drilling due to political reasons (and vice-versa), there is room for both energy methods to be implemented succesfully. Well, most arguments against it are based on the environmental impacts as well as the potential of offshore drilling to discourage alternative energy. However, if drilling standards (including site planning, construction, resource retrieval and clean-up response) are made to be environmentally conscious (how much so? the difficulity is in the details) then offshore drilling is not necessarily bad. Due to growing energy demands, alternative energy is still an area of great research and experimentation of which we are beginning to implement in our infrastructure and society. Although some discourage alternative energy in lieu of oil drilling due to political reasons (and vice-versa), there is room for both energy methods to be implemented succesfully.