Conservative Ally

The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has made the air by far cleaner than the 1970s!

The EPA places such high environmental regulations on the oil companies that it does not make sense that people do not want to drill. The oil companies have to wait years to get the special environmental permits in order to start. Drilling is only a Temporary solution while we search for new ways to reduce our dependence on oil.

“The U.S. oil and natural gas industry has invested more than $160 billion since 1990 toward improving the environmental performance of its products, facilities and operations — $539 for every man, woman and child in the United States. In the year 2006 alone, $11.3 billion was spent implementing new technologies, creating cleaner fuels and funding ongoing environmental initiatives. An additional $1.6 went toward research and development, corporate environmental programs and spill remediation efforts”(api.org ).

Since the oil companies have donated so much money to better the environment and air that we all breathe, pollution levels have decreased, even though demand for oil has increased. Since 1970 the emission levels have actually decreased even though there are more drivers on the road!

Check out the video at the end of this page on the American Petroleum Institute site it.

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