Will these be high paying jobs? How much will they pay?
If it forces drilling in ANWR and off the coasts, and development of a synfuels program based on coal (the Germans did it successfully in WW2, with old fashioned technology!) then, yes.
Drilling in ANWR is a great idea. But you really think raising the price of oil would be a net plus?
How will drilling in ANWR raise oil prices?
—Will these be high paying jobs? How much will they pay? —
As much as the market will bear
—Drilling in ANWR is a great idea. But you really think raising the price of oil would be a net plus?—
In the short term no. But as more domestically produced oil enters the US market, the price will drop. Besides there are hidden costs in imported oil such as military protection of oil producing countries like Iraq and Saudi Arabia; the domestic security costs stemming from our involvement in these places; naval defense of sea lanes tankers use to transport the oil. If most of our energy was produced in the USA, with the remainder from Canada and Latin America, our defense costs (i.e. the hidden energy costs) would drop substantially.