Costs (of drilling) |
Benefits (of drilling) |
Setting up drilling: -exploration costs -administration -buying land (politics involved) -machinery for extraction |
(Price of oil)x(number of barrels extracted) |
Potential harm to wildlife/ecosystem: -determine with survey of where on average the environment ranks in importance among a number of different topics/issues |
Balances of jobs: -(those gained)x(wage of job) minus (those lost from other industries)x(wage) |
Transport cost of moving oil to demand market |
Balances of jobs: -(those gained)x(wage of job) minus (those lost from other industries)x(wage) |
Last updated: October 22, 2003 |