House approves oil drilling in Alaska refuge; Prospects in Senate slim

Lake Sun Leader ^ | 5/26/06 | H. JOSEF HEBERT

[Libloather]

Congress approved drilling in the refuge in 1995, but President Clinton vetoed the bill.

Putting people first...

[RightWhale]

The coastal strip is a calving area for caribou, home to polar bears and musk oxen, and a seasonal destination for millions of migratory birds.

Sure would be interesting to see millions of migratory birds try to land on 2000 acres all at once.

[MinuteGal]

Let's watch closely to see if our President lobbies the Senate, the media, the public and the opinion leaders in this country for his ANWAR policy as long and hard as he is doing for his alien amnesty policy.

Leni

[Brilliant]

The Senate is too liberal now, and it will be a lot more liberal in January.

[Wolfie]

Why would the oil companies want cheaper gas? They're enjoying record profits.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"‘‘Rather than debating how we could increase the fuel efficiency standards (of cars) over the next few years, we are debating about a bill that won’t produce the first barrel of oil for 10 years and it will come from a pristine wildlife refuge,’’ complained Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., a leading drilling opponent."

Which group is likely to produce more fuel efficient cars -- politicians passing laws they don't understand; or engineers developing fuel cells, hybrids, and new diesel engines?

Existing laws for fleet mileage minimums resulted in an explosive growth in SUV sales, as people looked for an alternative to large cars & drove their SUV through loopholes in the law. What will be the unforeseen consequences of newer fuel efficiency laws? (We don't know of course -- because they're "unforeseen".)

[umgud]

House approves oil drilling in Alaska refuge; Prospects in Senate slim.

House approves border security bill; Prospects in Senate slim.

[Lawgvr1955]

The amendment allowing for election of the Senate comes back to bite the public. The founding fathers originally set up the Senate to "represent State's rights". Since the politicians are elected from the public at large instead of the State Legislature as the fathers decided was best, they are still spineless.

We shouldn't have screwed with the system of the founding fathers who were 10 times smarter than the people we have in office now.

[DeweyCA]

Keep putting the anti-ANWR Senators on record, and make them defend it in November.

[umgud]

We shouldn't have screwed with the system of the founding fathers who were 10 times smarter than the people we have in office now.


You are quite right.

[Revel]

So what if the Senate makes a deal with the house. You pass our immigration bill and we will pass your drilling bill. I ceartinly hope this does not happen, but with these people you never know. Recognize it if it comes along. I would not put it past the senate to blackmail the house.

[RBroadfoot]

Texas has a lot of oil wells and they don't seem to have bothered migratory birds or the deer population.

The environmental concerns of ANWR are just romantic, Gaia-worshipping nonsense.

[olezip]

"While oil companies have long eyed the area where federal geologists estimate anywhere from 5.4 billion to as much as 16 billion barrels of oil may be recoverable, environmentalists consider it one of their top priorities for protection."

The above should read ..."communists consider it..."

[Socratic]

Let's watch closely to see if our President lobbies... as long and hard as he is doing for his alien amnesty policy.

Please, this is Memorial Day, not April Fool's Day!

[kittymyrib]

Has everyone developed amnesia? The Senate passed drilling in ANWAR last year, but 22 House members, including the RINOs Nancy Johnson and Boehlert, as well as Sensenbrenner blocked it from being brought to the floor in the House. Many angry posts followed on FR.
So basically, this is a well-worn political football that gets kicked from one body to the other, with zero result. The voters need to kick out every legislator that deprives them of the energy needs of this country.

[MinuteGal]

Ole, Olezip. Rush has stated many times that the home of the communists today is in the environmental movement. No drilling for oil and no nuclear energy plants is proof enough for me.

We are being slowly being neutralized and drained in our access to energy and our ability to defend ourselves militarily. It's frightening. It's like the frog and boiling water.

And our senators and representatives are obsessed with protecting their rights to be above the law (Patrick Kennedy, McKinney, Jefferson, Hastert, Frist, etal) and to hold onto their seats forever.

Our own energy sources be damned.

Leni

[R.W.Ratikal]

The House of Representatives, having previously turned down drilling for oil in ANWR now passes it on to the Senate. It's unlikely that the Senate will approve.

It's also likely that key Senators are being paid by oil producing nations and oil interests to keep America dependent on Middle Eastern oil.

Where am I wrong?

[tet68]

Congress should pursue conservation and alternative energy sources that would save more oil than would be tapped from the refuge.

More than 11 billion gallons? I think not, but anyway
one must ask at what cost?

Just the ammount of titanium and rubber from all the bicycles needed would bankrupt our economy.