The Article Named the Environmental Impacts of Offshore
The article named The Environmental Impacts of Offshore Oil Drilling by By Mary Annette Rose clearly states her position on the issue of offshore drilling .on the environment.
Her argument is very clear that she disapproves of offshore drilling. She presented her original idea to the readers by countering stephen L. Baird’s article in the November 2008 issue of The Technology Teacher describes a contemporary debate about opening more U.S. land and coastal regions to oil and gas exploration and production
She stated its negative impact to the environment and our climate. She further buttresses her point by citing numerous examples of offshore disasters from source documents to logically support her arguement. For instance she talks about..
“The 1969 blowout off the Santa Barbara, California coast that spilled 80-100,000 gallons of crude oil and inundated local beaches was an ecological disaster, killing thousands of birds, fish, and marine mammals (County of Santa Barbara, 2005). However, this pales in comparison to the 1979 blowout at the Ixtoc 1 offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which spewed an estimated 140 million gallons of crude oil until that well was capped nine months later (Patton, Rigler, Boehm, & Fiest, 1981)” to support her stance of how dangerous offshore oil and gas production could be. The author also uses proper citing, referencing, quoting, and paraphrasing in the article. She explained each of her points with proper quotes and referencing.
In relation to my outline theme World Leaders should Focus More on the development of alternative sources of energy rather than developing offshore drilling. The author clearly supports my argument on the topic from her article. Points from my outline which were supported by the article include
1.The need to reduce environmental pollution. The article help stress the impact of offshore drilling to the environment. She explained how the environment gets polluted also quoting that “There are known
Her argument is very clear that she disapproves of offshore drilling. She presented her original idea to the readers by countering stephen L. Baird’s article in the November 2008 issue of The Technology Teacher describes a contemporary debate about opening more U.S. land and coastal regions to oil and gas exploration and production
She stated its negative impact to the environment and our climate. She further buttresses her point by citing numerous examples of offshore disasters from source documents to logically support her arguement. For instance she talks about..
“The 1969 blowout off the Santa Barbara, California coast that spilled 80-100,000 gallons of crude oil and inundated local beaches was an ecological disaster, killing thousands of birds, fish, and marine mammals (County of Santa Barbara, 2005). However, this pales in comparison to the 1979 blowout at the Ixtoc 1 offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which spewed an estimated 140 million gallons of crude oil until that well was capped nine months later (Patton, Rigler, Boehm, & Fiest, 1981)” to support her stance of how dangerous offshore oil and gas production could be. The author also uses proper citing, referencing, quoting, and paraphrasing in the article. She explained each of her points with proper quotes and referencing.
In relation to my outline theme World Leaders should Focus More on the development of alternative sources of energy rather than developing offshore drilling. The author clearly supports my argument on the topic from her article. Points from my outline which were supported by the article include
1.The need to reduce environmental pollution. The article help stress the impact of offshore drilling to the environment. She explained how the environment gets polluted also quoting that “There are known