my understanding from previous articles people have sent to
improvetheworld about this is that there is (contrary to CNN's claims)
between 0 and 5.6 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil which I
take to mean that drilling buys us 0 - 280 days of dinosaur goo.

ANWR wasn't necessarily on my list, but as someone to whom the backcountry
is especially important, I'm mad.

danny

ps, cam, you're officially on the spot for comment!

pps, from theonion in 2002:  (i love the one about the next generation of
fossil fuels)

Seeking to decrease U.S. dependence on Iraqi oil, Senate Republicans want
to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling. What do you
think?

 "It'd be nice if we lived in some magical fantasy world where we could
get energy from the sun and the wind, but we need to deal with reality."
 Daniel Mendoza
 Systems Analyst

     "America needs to reduce its overall oil consumption, but I can't
bring myself to ride the bus with a bunch of puds. So Arctic drilling it
is."
 Tim Wills
 Machinist

 "How much oil is in one of those seals, anyway?"
 Vincent Putnam
 Delivery Driver

  "If I didn't know better, I'd say some oil man stands to make billions
on this. Say, the president used to be in the oil business! Maybe he could
help us sniff out the culprit!"
 Christine Sample
 Nurse

 "If drilling kills off the refuge's indigenous wildlife, that'll give us
a nice head start on the next generation of fossil fuels."
 Gene Oliver
 Real-Estate Agent

  "We might as well use that oil. If we don't, our children will."
 Diane Bell
 Architect


--- \/	 FROM Lisa Hsu AT 05.03.17 00:10 (Today)   \/ ---

> what do you guys think about this?
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/16/arctic.drilling.ap/index.htm...
>
> lisa
>

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