Gallup: Gap closing between those that oppose and those that favor drilling in Alaska

http://www.gallup.com ^ | 11-19-01 | Cuban123

[Cuban123]

The Gap is now only 7%, with a 5% margin of error which means that with 2 more points this poll is a dead heat! (this doesn't take into account 5% of people that may not know enough about the issue or have no opinion yet)

[BlueAngel]

BTTT

[11B3]

Anyone who opposes drilling there needs to take a really good look at the terrain there. Alternate uses for this "pristine" site are:
1. Nuclear weapons test site.
2. A good place to exile the Clintons to.
3. With all of their apologists.
3. A freeze-dried version of Afghanistan.
4. If God were to give the earth an enema, the tip for it would go in the ANWR.

[Aric2000]

Time to educate some people that have been indoctrinated from the getgo about how BAD it will be to drill at Anwr, BS, we can do this cleanly and with little effect on the environment.

From what the environmentalists have been saying you would think that we are going to cover the whole reserve in oil and oil derricks. It's hardly 2% of the land of the reserve, as well as the fact that most oil drilling is cleaner then your local walmart parking lot. They put oil cloths under ALL vehicles for god sake.

There's more oil spilled in an auto parts store every day then spilled by an oil rig in a month, and what is spilled is IMMEDIATLEY cleaned up!!

I am tired of the Environmentalist Whackos getting all the publicity, there must be a conservative foundation or something that will help spread the message about how and WHY we need to drill up there!! Shoot, talk to the natives, they want drilling to start so badly that it is killing them. And expect the economy on the west coast to get a real good kickstart to boot.

It's a win/win, I have yet to see the problem...

[July 4th]

Bout freaking time!

[Trailer Trash]

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[F16Fighter]

5. An internment camp for Muslims "suspects."

6. An internment camp for Hollywood political hacks (i.e. Alec Baldwin, Robert Redford, Babs Streisand....)

[okie01]

Of the 51% who oppose drilling in ANWR --

20% are uninformed

20% are misinformed

10% are simply incapable of rational thought

1% are environmentalists

[BJungNan]

The poll question is loaded. They should ask the question like this if they want to ask a loaded question. Let them see what results they get.

- Should America drill for new oil in Alaska to reduce America's dependency on oil from Middle East countries?

The poll would be overwhelmingly in favor of drilling if asked like this. As soon as they put the words, "wildlife refuge" and oil drilling together, they get a bunch of people that think the two can not go together.

Where is that picture of all the caribu grazing around the pipeline???

[GretchenEE]

bttt

[monkeyshine]

Look at the question. "Open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil Exploration?" This is phrased to tilt it to the no. Who wants to harm the wildlife refuge?

But if they phrased the question differently, such as "to open up a tiny fraction of the reserve" how would the numbers shake down?

[monkeyshine]

Yeah, what you said. They could easily phrase the question completely differently and get a completely different response. "Do you favor or oppose drilling in Alaska to reduce our dependency on Arab oil" would probably be overwhelmingly in favor.

[j.cam]

I can't believe anyone opposes it.

[Vigilanteman]

4. If God were to give the earth an enema, the tip for it would go in the ANWR.

No! No! No! Competition is far too stiff for that dubious honor-- ranging from Berkeley, California to Qom, Iran.

But I do like suggestions 2 & 3 however. Basic barbed wire around some empty containers for shelter would be ideal.

[brat]

ANTI-SAUDI OIL BUMP!

[rockfish59]

let's give the 'squeaky (1%) wheel' a barrel of crude right in the mouth!

[Bonaparte]

"... phrase the question completely differently and get a completely different response."

How's this?

"Should we drill in Alaska so we can produce our own oil cheaply, or are you one of those commie freaks who wants us bent over a barrel of OPEC crude and drilled by them?"
Responses

Drill 94%

Drill deeper! 4%

Bend me over the barrel! 2%

[FreedomPoster]

This one?

I'm sure there are better ones floating around; this is the best I could do, quickly.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Check this site out National Anxiety Center Founded in 1990 by Alan Caruba, a veteran business and science writer, the National Anxiety Center is a response to all the "Earth is Doomed!" stories in the media. Every April the Center gives our "Chicken Little Awards" to those individuals and groups who have scared the daylights out of millions of people and, each December, the Center takes a look back at "The Most Dubious News Stories of the Year." Throughout the year the Center works to inform the press so it can avoid being a part of the "Anxiety Industry", government agencies and non-governmental organizations, which deliberately mislead the public.

There are many great LINKS there too.

[lavaroise]

Those people forget that US strategical sites have often well coabitated with nature. Airports, Cape Caneveral and other off-hunting and off-building sites have been a haven for nature.