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Positive:
An oil well can provide employment for people. Oil wells also help insure that the more production that go to removeother countries like, China and India, allows the United States to control gasoline and fuel production from crude oil. Each option has its own positive
Negative:
When people have to search for places with oil, most of the time they use seismic waves. Using the seismic waves causes whales and negative results.
Oil Platforms
Drilling Rigs
Wells
Oil Tankers
SPECIAL FACTS!!
The firstother marine animals to become dissoriented and can cause whales to sometimes beach themselves. Also, on land, when a oil-well is found, landing fields, construction, roads and construction buildings are added for the workers who live at the construction site. When things like this happen, it disturbs the animal inhabitants and it can damage the landscape. Lastly, transportation of oil removal happened before zero AC!! That'sfrom the wells can cause 300- 500 spills a long timeyear. Sadly, the spills are expected to grow as the population grows. When an oil spill occurs, the water with oil in it begins to rise with toxins that we've been removing oil.
The Oil Spilleffect humans, marine life, and wildlife in the Gulfarea that depend on the water and animals in the contaminated water source. The only way to dispose of Mexicothe waste is by dumping it into the ground or into the ocean.

How to remove oil...
There are three different ways to remove oil. Each option has its own positive and negative results.
Oil Platforms
Drilling Rigs
Wells
Oil Tankers
SPECIAL FACTS!!
The first oil removal happened before zero AC!! That's a long time that we've been removing oil.
The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Brazil
2,460,000 bbl/day
All About Oil Spills- This page has extra information about Oil in general and the Oil Spills.
Natural Gas:
Natural gas is formed when layers of buried animals and plants are exposed to intense heat and pressure over the course of thousands and millions of years. The removal of natural gas is regulated by the state and federal government.

Canada
94,620,000,000 cubic meters
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Canada
94,620,000,000 cubic meters
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Even though oil provides positive affects on the economy, it provides many negative affects to the environment. When the oil-fired plants burn oil, large bodies of water are used and dangerous gases such as methane, mercury compounds, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. When the plants are built, they can destroy habitats of plants and animals in the area and the waste from the plant can cause land contamination if not properly disposed of. Oil refineries release the treated waste water, which contains pollutents and is normally put in streams. At the refineries, crude oil is removed. Crude oil is made up of sulfur, metals, and nitrogen. Lastly, drilling for oil can cause any underground water supplies to become contaminated.
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Even though natural gas provides positives for the people, it is just like oil- there are negative affects on the environment. The extraction of natural gas and the building of natural gas power plants is used by drilling, destroys the natural habitats of animals and plants, erosion, landslides, and the loss of soil productivity. The burning of natural gas produces nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane. The methane in natural gas is the primary component and can be emitted if the gas isn't burned completely.
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Coal has just as many negative affects as it does positive. When coal is burned, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury compounds are released, as well as mercury being trapped inside of the coal. Water is needed to help purify the coal. When rain falls on the coal, however, the water runs off into the piles and flushes the heavy metals like lead and arsenic from the coal and the rain/ water is used to remove any impurities in the coal. Water near a coil mining location can become contaminated, and in return kill the animals and fish that drink and live in the water. Soil near coil-fired plants can become contaminated as well.
Coal Consumption: Top 5 Countries that Use Coal
Location
Amount of Coal Consumption
China
1,310,000,000
United States
1,060,000,000
India
339,000,000
Russia
298,000,000
Germany
265,000,000
South Africa
170,500,000
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Oil:
Oil is found in undergruond reservoirs and is regulated by the state and federal government.
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