X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 Sender: -2.6 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (IDENT:U2FsdGVkX1/hlmgGdvaUPVg/on8BcXWeB+xJn873lgg Æ newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j2H6I1lj009716 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:18:01 -0500 Received: from escape.mr.itd.umich.edu (escape.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.71]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.2/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2H6E77b016244; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:14:07 -0500 Received: FROM boston.eecs.umich.edu (boston.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.61]) BY escape.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 42392112.8D8E6.21996 ; 17 Mar 2005 01:17:54 -0500 Received: from boston.eecs.umich.edu (localhost.eecs.umich.edu [127.0.0.1]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j2H6Hqlj009713 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:17:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (dreeves Æ localhost) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id j2H6Hq6u009710; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:17:52 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: boston.eecs.umich.edu: dreeves owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: dreeves Æ boston.eecs.umich.edu In-Reply-To: <8d358067050316211057fdf542 Æ mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <8d358067050316211057fdf542 Æ mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:17:52 -0500 (EST) To: Lisa Hsu cc: improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: Daniel Reeves Subject: Re: drilling in alaska Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 116 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.html > > lisa > -- http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves - - google://"Daniel Reeves" "In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." -- Edward P. Tryon