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Offshore drilling: why it makes economic sense to wait

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imageActivists surround Shell Oil rig in Seattle's Elliot Bay to protest Arctic drilling plansDaniella Beccaria/Flickr, CC BY-SA

From chants of “Drill, Baby, Drill” to outrage over the BP oil spill, offshore drilling has been highly controversial in recent years. Some view it as a vastly underused revenue source, while others see it as a...

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