Debate: Resuming Drilling in the Atlantic
Should the Atlantic coast be opened to off-shore oil and gas drilling?

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: This would endanger the communities and fisheries of the area.
Warrant 0: there is no way to put proper safety precautions in place to ensure the area will not be affected
Warrant 1: there are ways to put proper safety precautions in place to ensure the area will not be affected
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: We must get off fossil fuels.
Warrant 0: the best way to do that is to use them all up
Warrant 1: the worst way to do that is to use them all up
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: There are, in fact, other alternatives instead.
Warrant 0: the other alternatives are uncertain and ineffective
Warrant 1: the other alternatives are certain and effective
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: This would damage the environment and cost taxpayers.
Warrant 0: drilling would also lower the cost of a tank of gas
Warrant 1: drilling would not lower the cost of a tank of gas
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: It is dangerous to our future to destroy more natural area.
Warrant 0: our need for resources tends to outweigh the "future" concern
Warrant 1: our need for resources should not outweigh the "future" concern
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: We need to preserve nature for future generations.
Warrant 0: we need to balance our current with future needs
Warrant 1: we need to preserve nature for the future
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The Atlantic coast should be opened to drilling
Reason: We need to preserve nature for future generations.
Warrant 0: future generations will not be using fuels
Warrant 1: future generations will be using fuels as well
Correct warrant: 1