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Originally posted by Superbelt
The alaskan economy could use it because Alaskans can't live without the state welfare. I think the yearly check currently comes out to about 1200 dollars a year, correct? The only reason the Alaskan elected body want to drill there is to get themselves reelected.
ANWR is nowhere near the answer. As the second largest known reserves on american soil ANWR, at full output can be completely offset by increasing the national MPG across the board by, I believe, one mile a [edit] GALLON.
Our present leadership opposes increasing that MPG standard. That's where our problems lie for oil dependency.
ANWR's 18 month supply of oil is really nothing. It will not substantially reduce our dependency. Even if we developed all our oil fields in america and offshore, we will still have a substantial dependence on foreign oil.
The answer is not developing oil at home, it is to reduce our oil consumption.
I would like to at least save that oil for future generations if they need it. As we go on it becomes more and more valuable. A large part of crude is used to make the tar for our roads.
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Was that an insult to Alaskans? A Troll? I believe you were referring to the welfare of the state. Not referring to Alaskans as a welfare society. That would be a mistake as most Alaskans work hard for a living.
For those REALLY bad at math. $1200 is a little over a weeks pay. I couldn't do without it I should pack up and move out. Yes, its a nice little check, but anyone that relies on it as a source of sustainable income needs a clue. Anyone that believes that it is worth moving to Alaska just for the check needs to go back to school.
The state benefits hugely from oil and its exploration, not just from the permanent fund dividend. It fills the state budget so us welfare recipients don't have to pay state taxes too.
I reside in Alaska after living in 8 different states people are choosy about where they want to scream and rant for the environment.
An example is: No one tells North Carolina to stop its SEVERE polluting of the Neuse River. Millions of gallons of UNTREATED sewage gets flushed from Releigh every hurricane or heavy rain.
Prepare to be disgusted:
http://www.riverlaw.us/pages/7/
Everyone sticks their nose in our business. Maybe they should get their own backyards cleaned up before they tell us how to run ours.
I also believe there to be more oil than stated. Much more. The big boys wouldn't be chomping so hard if there wasn't. Thats bad math and they don't make money from bad math.
I do agree that America needs to severly reduce our oil consumption. We should be commuting in small 3-4 cylinder boxes. Large vehicles should be required to have diesel engines (V-10 what a huge waste). I would personally like to see communities that utilized small 4 cycle/battery powered ATV's/golf carts (like Sun City) for short travel. A very overlooked usage of oil is transporting sports teams around the country.
There should be a tax on Hummers not a tax break (President Bush think a bit longer term next time).
Alaskan politicians are just as corrupt as the rest.
As for ANWR, we need to understand what oil is there no matter what. We need a safe plan to recover it in case of a national emergency. We need to do this with utter sensivity to the environment (this applies to exploration and recovery nationwide, not just in AK).
We will need oil, maybe really badly. I would prefer to do the ground work before it becomes less of an economic benefit and more of an emergency. The environment would be the benefactor from planned and regulated methods instead of an oil rush.