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Argument: Drilling would create a substantial number of new jobs
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Supporting evidence
- ANWR.org "Top Ten Reasons to Support Drilling in the ANWR" - "3. Jobs To Be Created Between 250,000 and 735,000 ANWR jobs are estimated to be created by development of the Coastal Plain."
- The 735,000 estimate was made by a Wharton Economic Forecasting Group in 1990.[citation needed]
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Counter-arguments
- Many job-creation estimates are highly exaggerated
- Job-creation would be better achieved by investing in green energy
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