Well, there has to be some. Anytime you go into an area that is largely uninhabited and start setting up something like oil drilling, there must be an impact on the environment; the land, the animal life, the plant ecology.
The question is if the impact is long term or short term. Depends on how it is done, how many oil rigs are needed, what sort of budget there is for cleaning up when done. Another factor is the risk of accident, and what long term effect that might have.
To say there is no effect is, I believe, incorrect. To say that the risks are minimal, short term, and manageable would be a better way to state that opinion. Frankly, I don't know, since I'm by no means an expert in this area. I am, however, cautiously pessimistic because of previous environmental disasters; the Valdez, TMI, numerous oil spills, PG&E and chromium, etc. Maybe you (or someone else out there) are and expert in environmental studies, and could fill us in with details as to why you say there would be 'NO environmental cost'.
Thanks,
Kevin "Liberal Freak" Rose |
