I agree with that. ANWR makes more sense from all angles. Weird.
Myopia? There are multiple avenues that need to be addressed concurrently. Solutions are not single threaded.
- Coal
- Offshore drilling
- On-shore drilling
- Building coal plants and petroleum refining plants
- Nukes
No. ANWR is not being siphoned off by Canada yet, and we can hold it in reserve while going after those that might be legally grabbed by others.
Of course, this is all a wonderful way of ignoring the problem with the dollar.
Not really. Offshore drilling rigs are mobile, float, can be shippied/moved easily from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world in a very short period of time. Drilling in frigid wilderness has to have supply roads built, fuel dumps, etc.
Once you strike the oil, you have to truck it out or build a pipeline in subfreezing temps...viscosity problems, etc.
Offshore, you just unroll your pipe on the ocean floor and go wherever you want, and the ocean keeps your pipe at a nice comfy constant temp.
Offshore drilling and production would seem to be a much easier, quicker solution.
Polar bears.