Couple of more '2 cents worth' stuff that I thought about while out mowing the lawn:
Offshore drilling - I don't think much about it simply because it doesn't affect me (other than for oil supplies!!). I live well away from the coasts & since L. Michigan & Superior don't have oil underneath them it doesn't stick in my mind like it would someone who lives there. Drill offshore? Sure, like Franc mentions above, the Norwegians do it quite well. No problem there unless, of course, there's a spill.
Drilling in the Alaskan wilderness - yup. let's do it today! As long as the enviroment isn't completely trashed I could care less about whether herds of elk MIGHT have their seasonal migrations affected. They build fish ladders & under highway culverts & bypasses for wildlife today, right? So what's the problem? An oil well in the middle of someplace you can only fly in to see? Get real.