A short term solution to lowering our dependence on foreign oil
Late breaking news --- http://www.kansascity.com/747/story/718291.html
"Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic" according to most recent U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.anwr.org/topten.htm
The tiny area of barren land (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) in Northern Alaska needs to be opened up for domestic oil exploration. It is a valuable resource we need to utilize, along with our wind as an energy resource.
This site above provides ten essential reasons for going forward, not the least of which are estimates of 9 to 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil with a minimum of 250,000 jobs created which will use less than half of one percent of the refuge's barren land. Environmental studies have been doing showing it would not effect local wildlife (which is very little, as the land is barren). The majority of Alaskans are for it.
Here is a map of the location - http://www.anwr.org/docs/CloseupofareaIII.pdf
This could provide an extension of time to allow alternative energy sources to come fully up to speed.
I believe in using alternative energy sources where economically viable, and they will be in the long term. This measure will give us time to get them going.
The Democratic Congress is dragging their feet doing anything on because they don't want to upset any environmentalists or their lobbyists, even though this small area is mostly barren of wildlife.
Look at Harry Reid's comments -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvrH_FDY9Lw
This is NOT leadership. This is pandering to and being a puppet to special interest groups that fund campaigns.
"Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic" according to most recent U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.anwr.org/topten.htm
The tiny area of barren land (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) in Northern Alaska needs to be opened up for domestic oil exploration. It is a valuable resource we need to utilize, along with our wind as an energy resource.
This site above provides ten essential reasons for going forward, not the least of which are estimates of 9 to 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil with a minimum of 250,000 jobs created which will use less than half of one percent of the refuge's barren land. Environmental studies have been doing showing it would not effect local wildlife (which is very little, as the land is barren). The majority of Alaskans are for it.
Here is a map of the location - http://www.anwr.org/docs/CloseupofareaIII.pdf
This could provide an extension of time to allow alternative energy sources to come fully up to speed.
I believe in using alternative energy sources where economically viable, and they will be in the long term. This measure will give us time to get them going.
The Democratic Congress is dragging their feet doing anything on because they don't want to upset any environmentalists or their lobbyists, even though this small area is mostly barren of wildlife.
Look at Harry Reid's comments -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvrH_FDY9Lw
This is NOT leadership. This is pandering to and being a puppet to special interest groups that fund campaigns.
Tags: ANWR, arctic, domestic, exploration, oil, production
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Permalink Reply by Carl Burnham on -
Kind of like "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" I can imagine.
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Permalink Reply by Lock Piatt on -
Roy,
Well I guess America will just have to make a WWII effort and change auto factories to build and assemble drill rigs. New jobs for old industries, what do you all think. Can we get behind this America ? -
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Permalink Reply by Bruce on -
I repeat what I said the other day. You guys are, according to the founding father of this site, beating a dead horse. Mr Pickens said and is saying, "We cannot drill our way out of this problem." Not only are you beating a dead horse but I think you are dissing his opinion. Now let us start talking about conservation or alternatives and changing our life styles. Can oil be saved and converted to transportation by cutting back or eliminating some of the other uses of petroleum like plastics (bags for example). So many things come form oil that is good and necessary but can some of these things be forgone and saved for the 'ol Betsy. I think that "oil independence" is simply a good sounding false notion. If we are able to produce more than we use we certainly should not export it but save it for the future. But like it or not we are now in one world economy and good old private enterprize is going to sell to the highest bidder.
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Permalink Reply by Carl Burnham on
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Late breaking news --- http://www.kansascity.com/747/story/718291.html
"Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic" according to most recent U.S. Geological Survey -
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