I can't vote for or against, but can't say I don't care either. I think it is POSSIBLE to extract oil from ANWR without hurting anything (much), but am not naive enough to think that big oil companies WILL.
This is fantasy, but I would like to see small, environmentally conscious independent operations go up there and work on the problem in a limited scope operation, employing local labor. I think that way everyone gets what they want.
However, an even bigger and more attractive fantasy is that we stop trying to find new sources of petroleum and focus on renewable energy resources and conservation instead. Many pharmaceutical products and safety devices need plastics and petroleum distillates, and I'd rather we conserve what we've got for use in those areas instead of burning it to heat some Colorado trophy-home or fuel another Ford Excessive.
Oh, I'm sorry... :) Aureth asked for a rant from Feren, not me. Heh...
I can't vote for or against, but can't say I don't care either. I think it is POSSIBLE to extract oil from ANWR without hurting anything (much), but am not naive enough to think that big oil companies WILL.
This is fantasy, but I would like to see small, environmentally conscious independent operations go up there and work on the problem in a limited scope operation, employing local labor. I think that way everyone gets what they want.
However, an even bigger and more attractive fantasy is that we stop trying to find new sources of petroleum and focus on renewable energy resources and conservation instead. Many pharmaceutical products and safety devices need plastics and petroleum distillates, and I'd rather we conserve what we've got for use in those areas instead of burning it to heat some Colorado trophy-home or fuel another Ford Excessive.
Oh, I'm sorry... :) Aureth asked for a rant from Feren, not me. Heh...