Answer:
Pros
-The most important resource in America is oil for many different uses.
-The most common things that its used for a gasoline and petroleum. Also it used in things that you wouldn't suspect. Some examples is rubbing alcohol, fertilizers, house paint, and just about everything else you can think of.
-Oil in Alaska reduces the gas prices in America as well as it does in other countries.
-The Trans-Alaska Pipeline brings to the surface more than 2 million barrels of oil each day!!
-Also promotes huge amounts of coal, a major industrial requirement.
-some reserves in Alaska produce more oil then in Middle East Countries.
-We also get tax revenue and jobs from oil.
-Provide employment and income for Alaskans while the oil lasts.
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Cons
-Had a oil spill in 1989 and killed a lot of land and sea life such as whales, fish, birds, and other kinds of animals.
-Drilling for oil is the biggest problem in Alaska because it kills many wildlife habitats and refuges.
-Many animals die because all their food supply is gone and because they had no other place to go to.
-When transporting oil it pollution inland as well as along the coast. This is mainly due to leakages and consistent drilling for oil, other than the established sites.
-Drilling oil also destroys the natural ecosystem, wildlife, terrain, and uses too many available resources.
-Pollutes the air in Alaska and makes it very hard to live and work throughout the state.