This is a no-brainer. Drill drill drill. We know that there is oil, we know that we like and need oil, we know that some of the most oil-rich regions are also some of the most unstable regions, we know that instability = unpredictability, we know that it will take a lot of work before oil comes out of the ground up there, since we can't predict when instabilty will require that we use oil from ANWR we know that we should start now so that we can be prepared as soon as possible for when unpredictable instability happens.
RugbyD wrote:This is a no-brainer. Drill drill drill. We know that there is oil, we know that we like and need oil, we know that some of the most oil-rich regions are also some of the most unstable regions, we know that instability = unpredictability, we know that it will take a lot of work before oil comes out of the ground up there, since we can't predict when instabilty will require that we use oil from ANWR we know that we should start now so that we can be prepared as soon as possible for when unpredictable instability happens.
Case closed.
Agreed.
Coppermine wrote:However, I do think that we NEED to start an Apollo-like program to research and develop alternative energy sources.
Also Agree!
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Yes, drill.
I think everyone realizes this would be a Band-Aid at best. No one is saying that because we drill that alternative energies shouldn't be researched. And a long term solution is still needed but why not drill for the oil that we need?
I'm quite sure that drilling ANWR will also provide and economic boost to the locals in that area (yes, people still live up there, natives and workers in the Prudhoe Bay area) and with ANWR's proximity to the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, it seems foolish not to take advantage.
Also, the environmental footprint of the drilling area is dramatically smaller than the large area that ANWR takes up.
If you're a battery, you're either working or you're dead....
Pogotheostrich wrote:I think everyone realizes this would be a Band-Aid at best.
I agree it's a Band-Aid, but you should hear the way some folks on Capitol Hill talk about it, like it's the second coming of the Messiah fercryinoutloud. What worries me is that it'll take people's eye off the alt energy ball. But, that fear is no excuse not to drill. Pols don't do anything unless they've got a spike aimed at their head, and that spike gets a lot smaller if the public starts to feel secure, which you know they will. The way it goes.
I studied a bit of this in college for Environmental Ethics. Basically I don't wanna drill there because it is literally one of the most uniqure places on earth.
There are like 5 different ecosystems with hundreds of uniqure species all within a hundred or so miles or whatever it is.
Also, the amount of OIL there is only probably about a 6 month supply.
My problem isn't the Drilling its how they leave this place. IF the go in drill and screw up the area that really blows. Now if they can go in and do it without destroying the natural habitat then I'm all for it.
However, I don't see oil companies being very good at cleaning up their mess.
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