Argument: Greater conservation is more important than offshore oil drilling

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Lisa Wangsness. “New offshore drilling not a quick fix, analysts say”. Boston.com. 20 June 2008 – “Environmentalists argue that the pollution caused by drilling could compromise fragile ecosystems for very little economic benefit when the United States should be focusing on conservation – the cheapest barrel of oil, they like to say, is the one we don’t have to buy – and developing better renewable energy sources.”