More sea life & wildlife are affected by spills when shipping crude oil in ships across the oceans, it also takes even more oil to power the ships engines..... Add to that the $$$ cost of buying oil from other countries & being dependent on them can hurt us politically.
OR we can just drill our own, transport thru much safer pipelines overland (which has a very low rate of environmental impact overall) & be energy independent like we used to be!!
As a 30+ yr Alaskan resident, I've seen firsthand how little the pipeline impacts the environment!
Anyone who says shipping is safer for the environment is LYING TO YOU.
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