Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland

Reuters ^ | May 16, 2008 | Yereth Rosen

[Puppage]

[thackney]

[thackney]

This is not about ANWR but drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska.

[tiger-one]

So not only the Liberals want to continue our dependence on others.

[Delta 21]

So much for subduing the earth.

Lets see if we can raise the minimum wage another 2 or 3 bucks while we are at it.

[WayneS]

See? He IS a compassionate conservative. He’s compassionate to all the little floras and faunas in Alaska; and maybe to his cronies’ business interests.

Those of us who need to be able to buy gasoline for less than $4.00 a gallon? Not so much.

[MNJohnnie]

Can anyone anywhere explain to me what possible reason the USA has, other then a totally goofy Govt Energy policy of “Conservation, not Consumption” for producing less oil right now then it did 20 years ago????

Why despite a decade of ever increasing world demand for Oil do we produce less now then we did in 2000?

Past time everyone in DC get a pink slip from the American people.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrfpus2m.htm

[theBuckwheat]

So on this point, the Republicans are willing to allow the Democrats to set public policy. This begs the question: why should I make any contribution to the Republicans for when it comes down to the moment the nut is cut, they find it far too easy to suspend principle and give in to whiners, hand wringer and hyper-alarmists.

[WayneS]

Amen, brother!!!

Oops, I suddenly realize I have engaged in a sexist assumption that you are a male of the species.

Amen, sister!!!

But... what if you ARE a man?

Okay, try this...

Amen, citizen!!!

or, after Obama is sworn in as our presisente: Amen, comrade!!!

[MNJohnnie]

Yep. GOP now stands for “Gutless Old Panderers”

[WayneS]

True.

If the Democrats are going to set the policy they may as well be the ones in charge for the next 6 years or so.

That way THEY can shoulder the blame for higher taxes, higher gas prices, food shortages, etc (reaping what they have sown, and such).

[WayneS]

Good one. I like it.

[printhead]

Where’s the balance in this “balanced approach”?

[Man50D]

This has nothing to do with the environment. It's socialism once again rearing its ugly head using the environment as one of many methods to destroy our Representative Democracy and replace it with socialism.

[Rebelbase]

“This is not about ANWR but drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska.”

We need to save that for when the time comes that Middle Eastern Oil is radioactive.

[EBH]

I like your map. There was one used during the ANWAR debates in Congress that scaled the size of Alaska to its’ next biggest state. That one was impressive as well as I had never realized the true size of Alaska compared to Texas.

[EBH]

http://marciesalaskaweb.com/ak_maps.htm

Not the map I had seen, but it makes the point.

[bert]

So, the way I read this, the agreement diminishes the area of the National Petroleum Reserve by 430,000 acres around the lake. Apparently thie protection of this area is the price for releasing the rest for auction of leases including those currently in process of being auctioned.

The auction of these leases will relieve the pressure on needing to drill in the ANWHAR area to the north and west of these areas.

[thackney]

I had never realized the true size of Alaska compared to Texas

There was a joke often told while I lived in Alaska. If Texas doesn't like being second in size to Alaska, we could cut Alaska in half and make two states. Then Texas could be third.