If environmentalists really cared about the environment... - They would welcome drilling in our own hemisphere, because of the decreased risks of accidents during the long transport of oil via seaborne tankers - They would welcome drilling in the ANWR and offshore, because it would be much much more environmentally controlled than oil operations in Russia, Bulgaria and the Middle East ever will be. - They would recognize oil as an environment-saving rather than an environment-destroying resource. Plastics derived for oil replace wood products, soft metals, paper products and other synthetic materials in a wide array of products and are...