Authors Note: I am writing this piece for social studies. I have researched for some information to write about the drilling in Alaska for oil
Imagine if the US started to drill in Alaska. I would be with and against drilling in Alaska because if we started to drill in Alaska we would be killing animals and natural resources, but if we did oil prices would decrease. We are losing more oil each day, so if we drill in ANWR we would get more oil and oil prices might decrease
If the US did drill we would be killing tons of animals like grizzlies, polar bears, arctic wolfs, caribou, eagles, and the endangered shaggy musk ox, a mammoth like- survivor of the last ice age. It would be terrible to get oil in the oceans by Alaska because there are so many endangered species there. The US would be killing so many things and natural resources such as trees, plants, and maybe oil would get in the drinking water. If that happens people wouldn’t be able to drink water for quiet a while. And people have a chance of dying because they are so thirsty.
When and if the US did start drilling gas and oil prices would go down. That would be a very good thing because gas would go down to at least 4 dollars. If it didn’t we would probably never see gas prices down to 2 dollars again and if we did we would not have to spend so much on vacations and small trips.
There are native people all around Alaska like the Eskimos and the people in ANWR. The Eskimos are definitely against the US drilling in Alaska because Alaska is their home and we would find more and more oil through out Alaska and be destroying their homes. ANWR is against drilling in Alaska because animals going extinct, destroying natural resources, and oil getting in their drinking water. The US would be destroying the natives land. We have to respect the people that own that land. If they don’t want us to drill there we shouldn’t because they were there first.
If the US started to drill in Alaska we would be destroying their land, their natural resources, and killing animals Oil prices would go down. The US is losing more and more oil each day. If we did start drilling for oil we would get more oil. I am with and against drilling in Alaska.
