Why do environmentalists not want us to dig for oil in the U.S.?

Question

Why do environmentalists not want us to dig for oil in the U.S.?

Answer 1

You just answered the question in your question.  Because they are environmentalists.  Digging for oil puts a lot of risk on the surrounding wild life.  By the way, you realize a viable oil source wouldn't peak for about 10-15 years after digging from scratch.  There is no immediate fix to these gas prices.

Answer 2

Harmful to the environment. That simple.

And when I say the environment, I don't just mean land and vegetation, but animals too.

Answer 3

i've heard mostly because it would destroy the little wilderness we have, and it runs the risk of harming local animal populations and forcing those animals into human habitats.

Answer 4

cuz they are treehuggers..  err they get on my nerves cuz we have enough full here in the united states to last us for 200 years but yet we are making our enemies richer i don't get it at all..

Answer 5

Too many environmentalists think that big business has no regard for the environment.  They think the companies that want to drill for oil don't care how much is spilled on the ground or in the ocean.  That thought is simply wrong.  Oil companies don't want to spill any oil.  Spilled oil hurts them in more than one way.  First of all,  after spending lots of money drilling a well they want to sell every drop,  not spill it.  A spill means expensive clean up which cuts into profits and an investigation by the EPA which gets in the way of production.  So you can see that the most profitable way to drill for oil is also the most environmentally sound.  To put it in real simple terms,  environmentalists don't want us to drill for oil because they have no understanding of how business works.

Answer 6

cause theyve got ten foot poles up their a$$es and try to protect things that they dont even know what they are talking about and try to blame all their problems on society when really they are the problems!  dont let them fool you with their global warming c**p!  dont let obauma fool you either  vote mccain!

Answer 7

Ok, why would you want to use up our oil supply!? I don't understand that. How much oil do you think the US has? Enough to last us about 5 years at our current rate if we only used ours. That's ridiculous. Instead of drilling the world over, environmentalist would like to see this energy focused on alternate energy sources! Drilling elsewhere is only a temporary fix. We absolutely MUST reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. Their use affects everything. Reading the other people's answers on here gives me little hope for the future. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put it together that burning fossil fuels is not good for many reasons! That wasting resources will have huge impact on the world. Environmentalists are anything but out to destroy the world. What amazes me is that most of the Christian right are against eco-friendly practices and are find with destroying "God's creation"...that's just so weird to me. Environmentalism is about leaving the world a better place, it's about loving your grandchildrens' grandchildren and not just thinking about yourself in the present.

Answer 8

Most environmentalists have the disposable income to not be hurt by high gas prices and the time to go protest.  I wish they had to work real jobs like the rest of us.  d**n hippies

Answer 9

I don't know.. I saw we should drill Alaska.  I've always heard there is still a good amount of oil up there and there isn't too much flora or fauna that would get hurt.

Answer 10

Alaska has as much oil as Saudi Arabia, did you know that? most of it is capped. this is a fact of which few people know.

Why would you need to drill for more right now and destroy the environment.

Answer 11

The idea is that drilling on our soil will make us more depended on oil, but I think we should develop new energy source and also drill in our own country. Yes, we need something other than oil, but we'll need lots of oil for some time. It's great going green and all, but if some foreign country push us around with our energy supply and if some hot headed president end up calling for another war things can get lot worse.

Answer 12

1) harmful to the evironment (crickets of the forest)

2) s***w american over with higher gas prices

Answer 13

Many Americans have had their fill of environmentalists, environmentalism, and the perpetuation of this global warming hoax. If global warming is true, why doesn't Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) step up and embrace the concept? Because they know that the earth rejuvenates itself and that humans are the top of the food chain and not the bottom. One volcano does more damage to the environment than all of the cars we drive.  The environmentalist agenda goes much deeper than just saving the planet.

Why has America fallen behind other countries in production and manufacturing? Why are we paying ridiculously high prices for gas? Why does everything that is "environmentally friendly" cost so much more? Why does the production and use of ethanol create more CO2 than gas?  How does a failed presidential candidate become a world class scientist and now expert on the topic of climate change?

Environmentalists do not want more drilling because they use  the environment to strum the heart strings of as many as they can in an effort to use that momentum as a spring board for more power. Since they have Soros' money backing them, power is the only thing they don't have. Has anyone considered the seven environmental catastrophes? No one remembers those do they?

There will be a backlash against environmentalists and the environmental movement. The 60's are over. It is time to put away the beads, the tie died shirts and the peace pipes. Certainty exists as death and taxes and if environmentalists are allowed to continue on the path they are on, the taxes we pay to support the environmental agenda will kill us all.

Answer 14

There is a big impact to the environment when building a site to dig for oil.  There is also the concern to using all of our oil at home will leave us at the mercy of other countries who still have oil.  You think the price of gas is high now?  Wait 30 years when ALL of US oil is gone (if we drilled all of our sites now,) then see how much we HAVE to pay for it.

The answer to the oil crisis is not more drilling.

Alternative fuel is the way to go. (not all Biofuel though)

Answer 15

They use the excuses that many here have regurgitated which are the following: Pollutes land, kills animals, and destroys the natural habitat, blah, blah, blah. Don't drill here, never drill at all, be energy dependent forever.

The real reason is much more sinister than that. They see high gas prices as shutting down business enterprises, halting the progress, and putting everyone on a level playing field. They are for a socialist and bordering communism factions that live in a free land and our  trying to bring our capitalist system to a grinding halt.

Answer 16

It obviously harms the environment, and environmentalists key purpose is to stop that! What way is digging for oil, tearing up our planet, taking away land that animals could be on, and polluting our planet with the fumes and spills of oil going to help our planet?

The answer is no way is it going to help our planet, all it is doing is hurting it, and helping lazy people get gas to ride in their cars, when they could walk or ride a bike.

Answer 17

Uneducated and fed propoganda.  Think of this though. ww3 and we have the most oil.  that simple.  If we dont pump it we will have the most.  But pumping some would be best.  Some scientists regard oil as a renewable resource.  Look iit up, seriously.

Answer 18

because it will destory plants and other thing under like fossils their oil but bush just wants more

Answer 19

because if you do find oil ( like alot of it ) then gas price would go down making it easier to drive a car making loads more of pulotion the demand for hybrids drop dramaticly less people using public transportation its like a domino effect think of what happened when gas rose but in reverse

Answer 20

Because of the h**l the exxon valdez caused when it gushed oil all over alaska.

Oil wells cary risks of pollution, disruption of wildlife, and can even explode or burn. The risk of something like that happening is very low, but real.

Pollution on a small scale is unavoidable when operating an oil well. Some oil WILL spill on soil and get into the water. Some gas fumes WILL leak. I'd dare say that it is acceptable pollution, but somepeople don't think any pollution is acceptable.

Also, trucks go in and out, roads must be built, land cleared out, et-cetera. It's not just a tiny pump in the middle of a forest that magically transports oil to your gas tank.

Think on this, though....

If oil is $150 a barrel today, and $300 a barrel two years from now....doesn't it make sense to wait for the price to go up before drilling?

Isn't it good sense to hold on to an investment that is skyrocketing in price?

Answer 21

not much left here, and what is here will destroy too much land to get.

Answer 22

becaus theyre liberal

and everyone knows liberals ere evil people

who just want to destroy america