Investigating Sustainability McAdam 2013 | Page 27

To Drill or Not to Drill?

By: Hallie Levine
Arctic Drilling: it can be good or bad. Some people are for it, but others are against it. Believe it or not, we need the oil. So should arctic drilling be allowed? Well that’ s the question. Do you agree with arctic drilling?

Why do we need oil?

Ice and open water in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska
Oil is necessary for many reasons. Most frequently we use oil for gas. We use oil for cars, buses, motorcycles, planes, or any other source of transportation. Oil is something necessary for many things. But why is that bad? Because Americans have become addicted. And since we are addicted, we have run into a shortage problem. So how can we deal with a shortage of oil?