| Our oil and gas drilling rigs are a national | | | | just about everything you buy has been |
| asset, as their production and collection | | | | delivered by something using fuel and most of |
| effects the supply side of the economic | | | | us need and use natural gas for many |
| equation. Our country runs on fuel and the | | | | things.We must pit these needs of our |
| flow of these fuels and crude is a necessity | | | | civilization against the environmental costs |
| to the ability of our civilization to operate | | | | associated with them. We indeed cannot afford |
| efficiently. When things break down or stop | | | | to make trades, which might cause dead zones |
| due to hostile weather storms we feel it in | | | | of sea life or pollute our oceans. |
| our economic output and productivity. In fact | | | | |