[Age of Reason]

Good.

I am glad they blocked drilling in the ANWR.

That land was set aside as a nature preserve, at the same time we were supposed to try to become energy efficient.

Instead we exhibited no self control by continuing to gobble oil like there was no tomorrow.

Now it's time to act like adults, stick to our promises (to leave ANWAR untouched) and stop behaving like energy pigs.

[johnmecainrino]

The problem is this group is also blocking new refineries, drilling 125 miles from Florida, blocking coal production, blocking MTBE legislation.

They block everything to lower gas prices. This group wants gas prices so high you have to get off the road. They want mileage standards so high you can't drive an SUV. They want Kyoto treaty. They want to tax existing refineries.

[kaktuskid]

I am glad they blocked drilling in the ANWR.

That land was set aside as a nature preserve, at the same time we were supposed to try to become energy efficient.

Have you ever seen the area planned for drilling?
Not pristine forest - just a bug-filled piece of flatland!

[DesertSapper]

Nice try but this isn't DU.

ANWR is currently a useless wide-open space filled with almost nothing. What we need is ANWR left a wide-open space filled with a few very productive oil wells and pumping stations.

[samantha]

I would be glad to leave ANWR alone, if we can find millions of good crude in another area? How about your back yard? Are you willing to switch your land for ANWR?

[hosepipe]

[ I am glad they blocked drilling in the ANWR. That land was set aside as a nature preserve, at the same time we were supposed to try to become energy efficient. Instead we exhibited no self control by continuing to gobble oil like there was no tomorrow. Now it's time to act like adults, stick to our promises (to leave ANWAR untouched) and stop behaving like energy pigs. ]

If there is any piece of land on this earth that SHOULD BE DRILLED its ANWR.. Nothing there.. zero.. Caribo have a HUGE un touched state to roam in.. Not that drilling would stop that anyway.. Your mouth has overpowered your couth'ometer.. You have zero idea of what your talking about.. Suggest shutting the freep up about this issue.. I live there and KNOW this situation..

Allowing the federal government to OWN state land was the first mistake.. the second mistake was not passing state laws to kick the feds out.. and send them packing..

[driftless]

"energy pigs"

You're being satirical, right? Because why else would you want us to be more dependent on Mideast and Venezuelan oil?

[Preachin']

"Now it's time to act like adults, stick to our promises (to leave ANWAR untouched) and stop behaving like energy pigs."

According to Sean Hannity, Jimmy Carter had ANWR converted to a national park so that it could be used to investigate drilling.

How about sticking in the eye of the Arabs? We are continually feeding our enemies money, and they take their battles straight to us.

[Preachin']

That land was set aside as a nature preserve, at the same time we were supposed to try to become energy efficient.

I think we should drill there with alternative fuels and surplus in mind.

It seems that we ought to draw up a plan to have an alternative fuel in place at a set time, like 2015.

In the meantime, we could drill in ANWR and use some of the fuel taxes to pay for alternative fuel research, development, production and storage.

The new fuel would be able to roll off the shelf in 2015 and increase in use at a set pattern.

If could be 10% of all oil production in 2015 and becomes another 5% each year after that, we could have an entirely new fuel in thirty years.

The problem is that very few on either side of the aisle considers the possibilities of compromise.

Another great point to consider is that our armed forces will still require petroleum fuels for quite some time.

The amount of time and money it would take to convert them to alternative fuels would be more than we can bear.

ANWR drilling would serve the DOD interests very well, and in the end, we wouldn't be drilling as much fuel if they were the primary customer for petroleum fuels.