Risks Outweigh Benefits of Drilling
• The United States uses over 20.8 million barrels of oil per day, while Florida uses nearly 360 million barrels of oil each year 6 That means Florida's offshore oil and gas resources amount to only 11 days worth of oil nationally and less than a year's worth of oil supply to the state (assuming 100% of the oil came to the state, which is impossible since oil is an internationally traded ...