No, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production

There is no need for oil drilling. We are on the verge of running out of this oil anyway. We should be switching to alternative energy instead. This is going to happen with an increase in lithium usage worldwide. And no, we should not be mining this lithium. The Sultan Sea projects can easily provide more than enough lithium without ever touching mine. We can pull the lithium out while simultaneously, creating clean energy from geothermal plants. It is currently estimated that we can provide enough lithium for over 380 million vehicles. There are currently 300 million registered in the U.S.. That would make us completely self-reliant from other countries.

Everyone loses when oil burns. The world right now is going through climate change and more extreme weather, so it is imperative that we start taking steps to curtail it. So far, the world has been making little progress in halting climate change. More needs to be done before climate change continues to a spiraling point. Oil is one of the largest contributors to global warming. Halting it will be a great stop to saving the world. Of course, incentivizing alternative energy production will make the transition much smoother, allowing it to replace oil better and faster.

There are countless documentaries and articles, written by scientists, that outline the environmental concerns much better than I can. Watch those.