Offshore Drilling

1. What is offshore drilling?
Offshore drilling is act of extracting resources, primarily oil, in an ocean or lake.


2. Why is it good?
It is a a viable source of domestic production for oil to be obtained.

3.
Why is it bad?
Pollution from everyday operations and oil spills from platforms, pipelines and tankers can occur, and when oil is brought up from beneath the ocean floor, chemicals and toxic substances such as mercury

4. How do you feel about it?
I feel that there are too many risks off offshore drilling, and if it is going to be done, there should be a 100% chance that the oil will be obtained safely with no spills possible.