Reply #45: No, but here is what we do know. [View All]

[JHBowden]

It will take over a half a decade to get online, and when it does, it will only provide about 2.5% of America's energy needs.

I'm not willing to put the environment at risk over this. It only saves us a few cents a gallon, a goal which can be easily accomplished by the federal government using other methods. And this is assuming the oil is not sold on the global market to nations like Japan. While ANWR drilling only saves the consumer a tiny amount, the fossil fuel corps are going to make billions off of this, which is the Bush's administration's real motivation.