Look on the Bright Side: ANWR

[JackD76]

In ten years, we will have 578 days worth of oil. Yes, this does solve all of our energy problems. Just to let you all know.

[mhr]

1. ANWR Holds Between 6 and 16 Billion Barrels Of Oil

The world uses 80 Million Barrels of Oil per day.

6 Billion barrels = 75 days of world supply

16 Billion barrels = 200 days of world supply

The US uses 20 Million Barrels of Oil per day.

6 Billion barrels = 300 days of US supply = .83 years

16 Billion Barrels = 800 days of US supply = 2.2 years

It will take 5-10 years before a drop of this oil hits a refinery.

Hardly seems worth the effort when raising the CAFE standards would save more than we get with drilling.

[whistle]

2. And caribou meat on the table!!!!

...One republican said that ANWR is just a mosquito infested bog that no one would ever wish to visit, so that makes it ok to pollute with crude oil spills.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Who needs an environment, anyway?

Global warming's gonna screw things up anyway, so we might at least get some gas for our SUVs out of the deal.

[Dave Reynolds]

7. Well, it really IS a mosquito infested bog

during the very short summer, but it should remain the way it is. It's not easy to get oil out of permafrost.

And I would still like to visit there.

[Fovea]

10. Was it a bog before the permafrost melted?

Whatta whore!

[GainesT1958]

3. This vote was a procedural one...

And the vote to actually ALLOW drilling has yet to be debated. Moreover, the Senate can still stall out "permission" contained in the Senate's budget resolution by blocking the overall budget...which may yet happen.

All is NOT yet lost, folks!

B-)

[Erika]

4. Bush cares about the wealth of his oil buddies

Reality and conservation for our children and grandchildren doesn't enter into his considerations.

[KamaAina]

5. That's if it ends up here and doesn't get exported

There is not a thing in the bill that would forbid GreedOCo from shipping the ANWR oil off to Japan, China or wherever. So much for "our national energy independence".

[FloridaPat]

11. 80-95% of the North Slope has been shipped to Asia over the

last 40 years. Anything out of Alaska is going the same way. Our government has no intention of unties our dependence to foreign oil. They've had 40 years to do something and have done nothing but allow SUV's to rule the highway. Won't change anytime soon.

[whistle]

13. It will go to the highest bidder just the way oil is being distributed

...now. Hey, who pays for the pipeline? That's going to take hundreds of billions in U.S. taxpayer money.

[TrustingDog]

8. and that oil will all go to 'demockracizing' shock and awe machines.

toward some other country that can't defend itself. in the regular war ways.
Nothing to do with Aunt Millie paying a decent price for her Lectricity....
cool. /feh.

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on edit: holy crap. it's Canada next!

[diamond14]

9. added PLUS: another total destruction of Native Americans, by polluting

their WATER, destroying their FOOD, poisoning their CHILDREN, and deforming fetuses to prevent any possible reproduction....


even MORE plus: "company stores" for everyone....and work for their MASTERS, the OIL corporations.....


more PLUS: when it's all over, the OIL companies ALWAYS leave behind a total environmental disaster....

[eaprez]

12. I don't think its about the oil at all.....

...its about precedent. They have succeeded in setting precedent for using protected land. The worst is yet to come.