Drilling In Alaska for Oil

Authors Note: Imagine a beautiful place in Alaska.  And think of only a little portion of it getting torn down.  People are over thinking it and blowing this whole situation out of proportion. It’s not that bad of a thing.

How would drilling in Alaska affect us?  It a question that makes you wonder.  A lot of people have been wondering about this situation and how it will affect us.  Well, should we? We should drill in Alaska for oil for many reasons.

First of all, if we do drill for oil in Alaska, it may bring in over a billion dollars.  So therefore, it would be a very good thing.  Also, since our economy isn’t the greatest, this could really help by boosting it up because it could bring in about 4.2 billion dollars in the first five years.  I would like this money coming in to our country because then it would give our government a boost as well as our economy. But what else could it do?

Secondly, if we do end up drilling in Alaska, we promised the Native’s that live there, that we will preserve their environment.  If they believe us, why can’t we drill?  We would only be taking away 1.5 million acres of ANWR.  Which is only 8%.  It leaves 92% or 17.5 million acres left that they have to their selves.  They will have plenty of acres to use for their own personal use.  Next, the social part.

The Native’s trust us and believe we won’t take all of their acres, and that we would be careful, so we should drill.  Even George W. Bush and his admission said it was a good idea because it would create more jobs and it would ensure businesses.  Also, 50% of Americans supported the idea of drilling in Alaska in the year of 2008.  If half of Americans support the idea of the drilling, we should go ahead and do it.  Yes, there is still the other half, but every senator, governor, legislator, and representative of Alaska are backing the idea of drilling.

In conclusion, I believe that we should drill in Alaska for oil.  I talked about this for many reasons and I hope you picked up on a few.  Yes, I know there are still the people out there saying, “No,” and you might even be one of those people, but hopefully I have changed your mind about it.