How many times do you fill up your gas thank a month? Two to three times? Now imagine how many times you do it in a year. That's a lot isn't it? Now take that number and divide in half and that's ho many times you should be thanking the ocean. 40%of the worlds oil and 50% of it's natural gas now come off shore production. The numbers may not seem like a lot but they are. Since it is a major source income and trade for many countries, is very valuable and the topic of weather or not we should continue is a major controversy. Especially with the most recent oil spill. Off shore drilling is harmful to the ocean because it kills many animals and put pollutants in the water. On the other side it is a huge benefit to the United States for making money and trade. We save money by using our own oil verses other countries, and we can make profit off of it. The economy is effected by this all. When we had our oil spill the government had to hire people to clean up. This created a huge inflation of jobs and made a scare in gas so therefore the gas prices for a while were at a record high. All of these things are caused by offshore drilling.
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