Deepwater offshore drilling is in the best interest of the United States

We the con believe that offshore oil drilling is not in the best interests of the united states. Offshore oil drilling is destroying our delicate ecosystem. Additionally, at the same time it is causing our economy to plummet. Offshore drilling also destroys the overall health of people. The time has come for us to halt our offshore oil drilling. First contention is environment- The marine ecosystem is key to our biosphere and Our relentless pursuit of crude oil is destroying our earth by Killing hundreds of MILLIONS of innocent sea creatures and destroying their habitats. It isn't unique to the recent oil spill, the oil rigs pollute on a catastrophic scale, thus killing millions of underwater animals that are key to our environment. This destruction is widespread affecting the whole biosphere. And past oil spills such as the one of the coast of CA in 69 prove that this is the one of the worst things that can happen to our environment. These spills destroy the environment. So the total ecological impacts weigh the cons tremendously. Bp and the federal government have both proven that we have no environmental emergency protection plan. Even if they added even more precautions as a plan- There are no precautions large enough to make this a safe Endeavour. Only complete shutdowns of these rigs solve. My second contention is the economy. The economy is being severely injured by the oil industry. At the hands of this one oil spill 100 k jobs were lost. The economic costs have been devastating. The recent oil spill has projected to cost oil workers jobs as well, they can't create new jobs, because of the bp oil spill. Plus taking all factors into consideration these rigs costs us 500 k for 1 rig a day. A DAY?!? For the 40 thousand out there?!! We are in one of the worst economic recessions ever this is not the best choice of action to say the least . Plus most American oil spikes in recent years have been because of destruction of our oil wells, not because of foreign troubles making our oil. Add it all up, and their benefits don't even begin to compare to the negative impacts that are bound to happen. The con is in the best economic interests of the us My third contention is health. At a time when many people need health care, offshore drilling is continuing this trend. Smoke, gas and oil seeping from the rigs are the one of the biggest causes of health deteriation of the people of the shore and of the workers on the rig. Oil seepage causes further breeding of toxic oil eating bacteria. This bacterium is extremely hazardous to sea food lovers everywhere. Working on the rig is also extremely dangerous; it is common for a worker to suffer a deep and sometimes even fatal wound. The rigs kill a large amount of algae which produce a significant amount of our oxygen. And to link to our environment contention, the destruction of the beach ecosystem leads to a decrease of the populace that lives there. the Overall health state are skyrocketing because of these wells. Deepwater offshore drilling must stop. So prefer con, while the pro insists on destroying our environment, ruining our ocean, our health and our economy, the con believes in preserving a better life for all. Our environment is in desperate need of our help from the wells. The economy is going down the drain because of our drilling. Our overall health is plummeting, and needs a recovery. Stopping deepwater offshore drilling is in the best interest of the U.S.