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Bush administration ready to approve drilling inside national park... Developing...
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Posted on 11/20/2002 5:36:31 PM PST by repub32

Bush administration ready to approve drilling inside national park... Developing...


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To: repub32
National Parks? - I think not.

National Monuments? - Probably not.

National Forests, BLM land, and Wildlife Refuges? Why the heck not!
21 posted on 11/20/2002 6:21:02 PM PST by fleur-de-lis
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To: BOBTHENAILER
Trying to figure how he could get the credit for this if it actually happens.

Drill, baby, drill.

You gotta kick 'em while they're down.
22 posted on 11/20/2002 6:22:22 PM PST by IRBlondie
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To: repub32
I hope he thought to get a cordless drill. Stratergery!
23 posted on 11/20/2002 6:36:22 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: fleur-de-lis; All
National Parks? - I think not.

There is NOTHING particularly sacred about Parks and Monuments.

Consider Death Valley...96% of the Planet's Sodium Tetraborate is found there...and is actively mined.

24 posted on 11/20/2002 7:31:14 PM PST by Lael
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To: repub32
ANWR caribou tastes like spotted owl

DRILL !

for crying out loud DRILL !

DRILL FOR OIL !

ANWR caribou tastes like spotted owl
25 posted on 11/20/2002 7:37:02 PM PST by freepersup
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To: repub32

These poor animals. Look how they're suffering.

26 posted on 11/20/2002 7:57:41 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: TigersEye
Those bears are having a great time. What a cool toy!
27 posted on 11/20/2002 8:02:33 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: concerned about politics
And warm too!
28 posted on 11/20/2002 8:04:01 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: concerned about politics
They're gonna destroy Alaska!!!


29 posted on 11/20/2002 8:09:37 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: repub32
Look! The pipe killed one of these bears.

This bird is probably dead, it just doesn't know it.


30 posted on 11/20/2002 8:18:44 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: BOBTHENAILER
Look out, Bambi, can't you see the pipe!


31 posted on 11/20/2002 8:24:26 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: TigersEye
Don't forget the other displaced critters....

TOP 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN ANWR

1. Only 8% of ANWR Would Be Considered for Exploration. Only the 1.5 million acre or 8% on the northern coast of ANWR is being considered for development. The remaining 17.5 million acres or 92% of ANWR will remain permanently closed to any kind of development. If oil is discovered, less than 2000 acres of the over 1.5 million acres of the Coastal Plain would be affected.

2. Revenues to the State and Federal Treasury Federal revenues would be enhanced by billions of dollars from bonus bids, lease rentals, royalties and taxes. Estimates in 1995 on bonus bids alone were $2.6 billion.

3. Jobs To Be Created Between 250,000 and 735,000 jobs are estimated to be created by development of the Coastal Plain.

4. Economic Impact Between 1980 and 1994, North Slope oil field development and production activity contributed over $50 billion to the nations economy, directly impacting each state in the union.

5. America's Best Chance for a Major Discovery. The Coastal Plain of ANWR is America's best possibility for the discovery of another giant "Prudhoe Bay-sized" oil and gas discovery in North America. U.S. Department of Interior estimates range from 9 to 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil.

6. North Slope Production in Decline. The North Slope oil fields currently provide the U.S. with nearly 25% of it's domestic production and since 1988 this production has been on the decline. Peak production was reached in 1980 of two million barrels a day, but has been declining to a current level of 1.4 million barrels a day.

7. Imported Oil too Costly. The U.S. imports over 55% of the nation's needed petroleum. These oil imports cost more than $55.1 billion a year (this figure does not include the military costs of protecting that imported supply). These figures are rising and could exceed 65% by the year 2005.

8. No Negative Impact on Animals.Oil and gas development and wildlife are successfully coexisting in Alaska's arctic. For example, the Central Arctic Caribou Herd (CACH) at Prudhoe Bay has grown from 3,000 to as high as 23,400 during the last 20 years of operation. In 1995, the Central Arctic Caribou Herd size was estimated to be 18,100 animals.

9. Arctic Technology. Advanced technology has greatly reduced the 'footprint" of arctic oil development. If Prudhoe Bay were built today, the footprint would be 1,526 acres, 64% smaller.

10. Alaskans Support. More than 75% of Alaskans favor exploration and production in ANWR. The Inupiat Eskimos who live in and near ANWR support onshore oil development on the Coastal Plain.

I've lived there and plan on retiring there, and still support ANWR completely.


32 posted on 11/20/2002 8:26:38 PM PST by KineticKitty
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To: .30Carbine
I tried to warn 'em, Thirty. They just wouldn't listen.


33 posted on 11/20/2002 8:28:24 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: TigersEye
This is where I found most of those pics. There are 62 in all at this link, all about ANWR. Really quite beautiful. Both the landscape and the sophisticated level of engineering and workmanship on the pipeline and other facilities.
34 posted on 11/20/2002 8:47:33 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: KineticKitty
Ha! You found that stuffed bird they stuck out there too. LOL

Those crazy oilmen, they must have spent a fortune on styrofoam bears and caribou not to mention all the astro-tundra-turf placed under the pipeline to make it look like it all grew back. Sheesh! Do they think we're dummies?

35 posted on 11/20/2002 8:52:45 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: TigersEye
ROFLOL! Yes, they do think we are IDIOTS because before these photos we didn't know what the heck they were talking about. NOW WE DO!!! LET'S DRILL!!!

BTW, didn't you hear what Daschle said today about how stupid we, the people, are? We get all of our "disinformation" from RUSH! lol!!! If he ONLY knew...

36 posted on 11/20/2002 9:15:46 PM PST by kcvl
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To: repub32
Good.
37 posted on 11/20/2002 9:16:27 PM PST by wardaddy
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To: kcvl
Rush? You mean Rush Limbaugh? The guy who gets his show prep from FR? Boy, that Tiny Tommy sure is dumb.
38 posted on 11/20/2002 9:30:34 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: kcvl
There are some truly beautiful pics at that link I gave, check them out. The vastness of that land is incredible and then you see the tiny little town of Barrow, about two blocks long and three blocks wide.

P.S. If I wanted disinformation I'd watch CNN.

39 posted on 11/20/2002 9:34:19 PM PST by TigersEye
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To: copycat
At least he's not drilling in the Oval Office with a cigar...

Heard there was a lot of bit failure near George Stephanopolis' sink...

40 posted on 11/20/2002 10:14:17 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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