Oil Drilling Persuasive Speech

It is a normal night, just like every other night. You are sitting on your couch flipping through the channels, and you see a scene that catches your eye. A documentary about oil drilling. You decide to start watching and once you get into it, you don’t want to stop. You keep watching more and learning more about what happens during oil drilling. Then the documentary starts showing pictures of the possible effects of oil drilling. The pictures of an oil spill. Pictures of animals coated in oil. Pictures of oil floating on the surface of the ocean. You wonder what happened and why. Then you learn. You learn that when rigs drill for oil, they have to drill through the Earth’s rock surface, and sometimes, many things go wrong. Even if just one …show more content…
But that is not everyone. Many people believe that all lands should be opened for oil drilling, if there is a large amount of recoverable oils. Many people argue about this, and there is one thing that both sides might use. Both sides know that there are massive amounts of oil on certain federal lands. This has been a piece of evidence used by both sides. Oil Drilling supporters say that with that much oil that is within reach, we must recover it. Some oil drilling supporters also believe that if there are other resources like coal on federal lands that can be recovered, then the resources should be recovered. Supporters say that if oil drilling does start, many jobs will be created, and the economy around oil drilling will improves, as well as the economy of the U.S. overall. A study was conducted by Joseph R. Mason, that showed how the economy would react if federal lands were opened for oil drilling immediately. “The broadest measure of the incremental effect of the proposal is the effect on total economic output. The gain in total output from opening federal lands to oil, gas, and coal leases, could exceed $127 billion annually for the next 7 years, and $663 billion annually in the long-run.”(Mason).This evidence can be used to show people that opening federal lands to oil drilling is very logical, and if the U.S. didn’t open federal lands, it would be an illogical and irrational move. Another piece of evidence from the study that oil drilling supporters could use has to do with jobs. “I estimate that the CBO assessment would also result in a gain of 552 thousand jobs over the next 7 years, and over 2.7 million jobs in the long run after that. Moreover, those job gains are not only in the energy sector but across the whole economy.” (Mason). This evidence can be used in many ways. This evidence can be used to support the argument that opening