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Mind Map by meganere24, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by meganere24
almost 11 years ago
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For and against developing
the ANWR Coastal Plain
- For
- Only 8% is being considered for exploration
- 1.5 acres. If oil is discovered, only 2000
acres would be directly affected by drilling
- 1.5 acres. If oil is discovered, only 2000
acres would be directly affected by drilling
- The economic impact
- The USA would benefit due to
royalties, taxes, and lease rentals
(rent to allow drilling)
- The USA would benefit due to
royalties, taxes, and lease rentals
(rent to allow drilling)
- Jobs
- Between 250,00 and
735,000 would be created
over the USA
- Between 250,00 and
735,000 would be created
over the USA
- USA's best chance for a major
new discovery of oil and gas
- 9-16billion barrels of oil
under the Coastal Plaine
- 30 years' worth of oil imports
from the Middle East to the USA
- 30 years' worth of oil imports
from the Middle East to the USA
- 9-16billion barrels of oil
under the Coastal Plaine
- Imported oil too expensive
- 2007 - USA imported an average of
60% of its oil at enormous expense
- 2007 - USA imported an average of
60% of its oil at enormous expense
- Oil production in the North Slope
oilfields is in decline
- Provides the USA with nearly 16%
of its domestic oil production but
has been declining since 1988
- Provides the USA with nearly 16%
of its domestic oil production but
has been declining since 1988
- No negative impacts on wildlife
- Oil and gas development in Alaska's
Arctic have successfully co-existed
- Central Arctic Caribou
Herd has grown from 3000
to 32,000 since the 1970s
- Central Arctic Caribou
Herd has grown from 3000
to 32,000 since the 1970s
- Oil and gas development in Alaska's
Arctic have successfully co-existed
- Advances in Arctic technology
- Reduced the 'footprint' of Arctic oil
development (surface area occupied
by the development)
- Reduced the 'footprint' of Arctic oil
development (surface area occupied
by the development)
- Alaskan support
- More than 75% of Alaskans favour
exploration and production in the ANWR
- More than 75% of Alaskans favour
exploration and production in the ANWR
- Only 8% is being considered for exploration
- Against
- Impact on biodiversity
- Caribou
- US Fish and Wildlife service - development
could cause a major decline or displacement of
the Porcupine River Caribou Herd
- Herd would be displaced to areas where
there are more predators, poorer forage and
more mosquitoes (drain over 2 pints of
blood a week)
- Herd would be displaced to areas where
there are more predators, poorer forage and
more mosquitoes (drain over 2 pints of
blood a week)
- US Fish and Wildlife service - development
could cause a major decline or displacement of
the Porcupine River Caribou Herd
- Polar bears
- Denning polar bears are very senstive
to industrial activity
- Females may abandon their dens - fatal for cubs
- Females may abandon their dens - fatal for cubs
- Denning polar bears are very senstive
to industrial activity
- Birds
- Some birds that gather on the
Plain are highly sensitive to human
disturbance
- Snow geese are disturbed by
helicopters and aircraft up to 4
miles away
- Snow geese are disturbed by
helicopters and aircraft up to 4
miles away
- Some birds that gather on the
Plain are highly sensitive to human
disturbance
- Caribou
- Impact on the environment
- Prudhoe Bay - mountains of sewage, sludge
metal, rubbish, and over 60 waste sites that
leak acids, pesticides, solvents , and diesel
- Could be the same on the Coastal
Plain - tuned into a vast landscape of
unsightly derricks, roads and pipelines
- Could be the same on the Coastal
Plain - tuned into a vast landscape of
unsightly derricks, roads and pipelines
- Risk of oil spills from pipelines
and oil tankers
- The Exxon Valdez oil spill in
1989 was an environmental
disaster caused by human error
- Affected the entire ecosystem,
and there are real fears of further
major oil spills
- Affected the entire ecosystem,
and there are real fears of further
major oil spills
- The Exxon Valdez oil spill in
1989 was an environmental
disaster caused by human error
- Prudhoe Bay - mountains of sewage, sludge
metal, rubbish, and over 60 waste sites that
leak acids, pesticides, solvents , and diesel
- Impact on biodiversity
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