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I have no opinion on the subject, though you probably are looking for this side
of the argument: I've heard that the part of ANWR expected to have oil is only
a small fraction of the entire area...and with modern horizontal drilling
techniques, the fraction of that area that that needs to be developed is tiny.
As far as the wildlife is concerned, the number of caribu fluxuates regularly,
and very significantly. Supposedly, since we've been drilling west of ANWR,
the regional caribu population has increased 4x. Though this isn't proof that
it doesn't harm wildlife, it suggests that it isn't an issue. Also, friends in
Alaska tell me their companies are so sensitive to oil spills that they go to
the extreme measures of putting pans under their cars to keep any chance of
engine oil from dripping in their parking lots.
I do think that it's rediculous not to even allow the appropriate seismic
surveys to see how much oil their is. They could be done in the winter when
the ground is frozen with zero impact.
Daniel Reeves wrote:
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
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> 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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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
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I have no opinion on the subject, though you probably are looking for this
side of the argument: I've heard that the part of ANWR expected to have oil is
only a small fraction of the entire area...and with modern horizontal drilling
techniques, the fraction of that area that that needs to be developed is tiny.
As far as the wildlife is concerned, the number of caribu fluxuates regularly,
and very significantly. Supposedly, since we've been drilling west of ANWR,
the regional caribu population has increased 4x. Though this isn't proof that
it doesn't harm wildlife, it suggests that it isn't an issue. Also, friends in
Alaska tell me their companies are so sensitive to oil spills that they go to
the extreme measures of putting pans under their cars to keep any chance of
engine oil from dripping in their parking lots.
I do think that it's rediculous not to even allow the appropriate seismic
surveys to see how much oil their is. They could be done in the winter when
the ground is frozen with zero impact. Daniel Reeves <dreeves Æ
umich.edu> wrote:
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 > -- 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
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