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To: alaskanfan
You might want to double check the "facts" from your source. Do you really think that your industry-sponsored website is telling the whole "truth"? You're more than welcome to check a few of my sources and check their facts.

Truth About ANWR

Fool's Gold

Your site claims public support. This link says otherwise. Gallup Poll

Also check out the USGS assessment. I don't have the link handy.

The caribou issue is comparing apples to oranges. The ANWR herd is much larger, calving in an area 1/6 the size of the coastal plain in the Prudhoe Bay area. This means they have fewer options and are more likely to be negatively affected by drilling.

2,000 acres. Right, and my car occupied 4 square feet of ground and my desk occupied 4 square inches of office space.

735,000 jobs. Numbers were arrived at by an industry-sponsored study, done over a decade ago, using completely unrealistic estimates, such as $40some/barrel oil. Leading economists agree that the jobs generated would more likely be in the area of 50-75,000.

Again, this brings us back to my original post. Supporters are using inaccurate numbers to mislead politicians and the public. If you don't agree, do the research and prove me wrong.

34 posted on 03/26/2002 10:27:34 AM PST by skytoo
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To: skytoo
Ok, I understand. Your environmental website presents a true perspective of ANWR. sarcasm off>
45 posted on 03/26/2002 1:40:57 PM PST by alaskanfan
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To: skytoo
The ANWR herd is much larger, calving in an area 1/6 the size of the coastal plain in the Prudhoe Bay area. This means they have fewer options and are more likely to be negatively affected by drilling.

Just a quick question on this issue. Do you know of any species that actually waits for the perfect environment to give live birth? When the time comes, there is no stopping it. Be it in a taxi cab or on the tundra, in a hospital or next to a drill pad.

Other questions, isn't the land due east of ANWR just as pristine? How about the land due west? At what point does the land stop being pristine, is there a boundry line that should never be crossed?

51 posted on 03/26/2002 7:48:37 PM PST by Brad C.
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