I am a Pastor, and I learned something a long time ago that is not taught in biology ...the shortest nerve in the human body goes from the wallet to the brain. Americans don’t like high oil prices and they will vote for whomever they feel will do SOMETHING to alleviate $4 a gallon gas. Politicians can pontificate all they want, but come november the party that shows the most promise of bringing down oil pricea and working on boltering alternative energy should score big.
The USA bought Alaska from Russia for the specific purpose of gaining access to its natural resources. The caribou do not own this land. We do. And we should use it for its intended purpose of enriching our country. To let the enviro-nazis ruin our economy is absolutely crazy.
800,000 barrels here 800,000 barrels there pretty soon you really have something. Even DNCNN couldn’t make this argument fly. In an area the size of NC we want to use 2000 acres, big deal.
If you like $4/gal, Thank Congress in Nov.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
“Ultimately, most analysts say its impossible to predict what drilling in the refuge would do to prices - there are too many other variables like the fast growing economies of Asia, OPEC production decisions, and new technology to make a meaningful guess.”
And that well illustrates how stupid the pissing contest around ANWR is. What half-wit thinks there is any useful information yielded by estimating what oil from ANWR will do for our total crude needs, or to the price of gasoline?
ANWR is just ONE of what has to be many new sources of domestic crude, as well as viable alternatives. What a disingenuous and pathetic waste of time to go around babbling as if ANWR is to be the only new source of domestic crude.