Free markets are absolutely beyond the comprehension of Democrats.
House again votes for drilling in Arctic refuge - May 26,2006
WASHINGTON - Citing the public outcry over $3-a-gallon gasoline and America’s heavy reliance on foreign oil, the House voted Thursday to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, knowing the prospects for Senate approval were slim.
Drilling proponents contend that the refuge on Alaska’s North Slope would provide 1 million barrels a day of additional domestic oil at peak production and reduce the need for imports.
But opponents to developing what environmentalists argue is a pristine area where drilling will harm caribou, polar bears and migratory birds, said Congress should pursue conservation and alternative energy sources that would save more oil than would be tapped from the refuge.’
Good thing the caibou are happy. huh Nancy?
Republicans should hammer her onher obstruction to development.
Except that there are absolutely no free markets with regard to oil and gas, beginning with OPEC, extending through speculator buying, and ending with Congress and State governments.