Climate Change, Energy, Oceans, Presidents Andy Kerr Climate Change, Energy, Oceans, Presidents Andy Kerr

US Pacific Northwest Offshore Oil and Gas: A Waste of Time, Ocean and Coast

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) estimates there is an even chance that 0.4 billion barrels of oil and 2.28 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that are technically exploitable might be discovered under the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Oregon and Washington. At 2017 rates of consumption, this amount of oil and gas would fuel the United States for twenty and thirty-one days respectively, meaning the United States would convert to a carbon-free economy a month later than we otherwise will.

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