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