Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!!!?

Question

Could our current "presidents" term be up ANY sooner...

"He also once again called for Congress to permit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"

I understand his request if he isn't thinking clearly because of the huge "slump" (lets not use the word recession) that this country is in, but WAKE UP... sure lets drill in Alaska, and the Arctic refuge, two of the cleanest places left on this earth... lets just drill... so that we have oil... that's the solution... tear up the earth a little more... why not! What's your opinion?

Answer 1

Whether anyone has been to Alaska or the refuge is irrelevant.  We're entitled to express an informed opinion on world issues (that affect all of us) !!  

The statement that the area is not valuable for wildlife is not well-informed, it's wrong.   The Arctic Refuge for now  pulses with million-year-old ecological rhythms.  It is the greatest living reminder that conserving nature in its wild state is a core American value.

The drive to drill the Arctic Refuge is about oil company profits and lifting barriers to future exploration in protected lands, pure and simple. It has nothing to do with energy independence. Opening the Arctic Refuge to energy development is about transferring our public estate into corporate hands, so it can be liquidated for a quick buck.

Answer 2

I think it is disgusting that the president can even think of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(I'll use ANWR for short). If you look on any site you will see the endangered species that live there. To set up the drilling would damage their habitat. For example, the Toklat Wolf. The ANWR was set aside to protect the natural wildlife and it is pathetic that he is trying so hard to drill for oil there. I'm rather dissapointed that our president isn't thinking about anything but the oil.

If he wants us to have a less urgent need for oil he should spend the money he would use for drilling to assist the research on making more efficient vehicles.

Answer 3

How right you are, Bubby! We should never allow any wild area to be destroyed, damaged or even endangered for something as silly as oil.

Let's continue to pretend that the oil we need is magically and cleanly lifted from every other source outside of the US. We all recognize that our economy cannot function without large quantities of oil but since thoeother countries are pumping it we should just have to buy it from them no matter what the cost. Why, the Chinese are pumping all over the globe now, but they aren't American so it must be okay.

... and when we are all looking at out blank computer screens and trying to make the 50 pounds of government beans last the rest of the month... and the nice young men in the Mao coats drive up our street letting us know that we lost the war ... then, maybe, we'll realize that drilling won;t be so bad.

Hmmmm ... a Chinese global takeover ... how could that be as bad as the evils of Bush and Cheney? Why.... I bet the Chinese have a wonderful policy of taking care of the environment.

Sheesh ... it's so easy to be an active environmentalist when you don't think about reality too much.

Oh ... and the computer you're typing on? ... Thank the evil oil companies for it. The plastics, the energy to run it, the trucks and boat to ship it ... just think a bit.

Answer 4

We drill in every other state, and it doesn't destroy anything.   The preserve will remain just as clean as it is now, but gas will cost half, and we won't have to pay money to countries that are our enemies and charge us high prices.

Why would anyone be against that?  I suppose some people are just against ANYTHING that Bush wants to do.

Answer 5

TO be honest i thinks its a good idea to drill in places that have no to very little places like in Alaska or Arctic WE NEED OIL $ 4.09 a gallon is a lot!! I am all for the enviorment but we need to draw the line somewhere

Answer 6

It is not a real wild life refuge , its just called that . It is a frozen tundra that supports almost no wildlife at all. Any drilling for oil that took place would have little to no impact on "wildlife " in the area. If you were to fly a plane randomly around ANWAR for hours and hours you most likely would never even see the area where drilling was taking place. Your question is    

nothing more than an uninformed emotional response to something that is actually a great idea.

Answer 7

Yes, I think we absolutely should be drilling for that oil.  Not only there but in the gulf and the Rockies as well.

There is a risk, but there is also a risk with anything.

There is absolutely no reason that the oil can not be extracted safety, and in a clean manner.

Like it or not, everyone in the US who works pays for the up keep on these chunks of land.  They are in no way self sufficient

Some such as yourself say, leave them be, don't touch them, but then when we have huge forest fires etc, they you scream put them out, but you ain't there to fight the fires that are destroying the land you wanted protected.

Drill it, but do it safely

Answer 8

Well fortunately for the US you have no say in the matter. The only citizens who's opinions matter on this subject are those who live and work in Alaska and the vast MAJORITY of them want the drilling to take place.  Why is it most all of these arm chair "environmentalists" have never been to Alaska and yet think they know better than those of us who have lived and worked there ????

The same false flags were thrown up when the Trans Alaska pipeline was built with all the false claims about damage to wildlife and the environment.  Seems like time has proven them to be wrong there too.

Ang, in effect you are an armchair environmentalist, I'm willing to bet you've never been to The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge let alone Alaska. Will the oil supply there last forever? Nope but I can assure you that it will last substantially longer than the made up number of 18 months.

Answer 9

Your reasoning is exactly why I shake my head at radical environmentalism.  Your telling us we shouldn't drill there because it's beautiful and clean??  The fact is, our country needs oil to operate.  No way around it.  It drives the economy.  We could severely lessen the cost of it if we drilled for more in Alaska, in the American west, off the coast of Florida, which by the way, would drive down prices for everything else.  We have the technology to make the process safe and efficient.  Why not do it??  This is actually one of those circumstances when we can drill and keep any damage to the environment to a minimum.

Answer 10

Oh, it's better than that, Ang.  If we destroyed one of the last remaining ecosystems on the planet the total amount of oil we'd get would run the country for about 18 months.  On the other hand, if we raised the requirement for miles per gallon from the 26 we get now to the 45 the Japanese require of their automakers, we'd save that amount EVERY YEAR.

Answer 11

Have you not heard, Democrats for 2 years have been in  charge  of oil and everything else that goes wrong.

Answer 12

Drilling in ANWR is just a stupid idea.  It's estimated that it only contains about one year's worth of oil at the current US consumption rate.  Why would you tear up a wildlife refuge just to get a little bit of oil that will barely have any impact on gas prices anyway?