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Originally Posted by Hardknock
As an Alaskan, here's my opinion...
The GOP wants you to believe that there is enough oil in my home state to end our dependence on foreign oil. Anybody with a brain cell knows that is not the case.
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I am coming down to my last few brains cells, but I don't know it to be the case. Also, I haven't heard any arguments related to ANWR stating that it will "end our dependence on foreign oil".
Where are you getting this info from? Most arguments I hear against ANWR relate to environmental concerns.....I haven't heard that there isn't any oil there.
From "The Economist"
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But when the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) were drawn, in the 1970s, part of it was set aside for oil and gas exploration; it is reckoned to hold anywhere between 4 billion and 12 billion barrels of oil. Which is why for 30 years there has been a ferocious battle between greens who want the ANWR left alone and oil men who want to drill in it.
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Would you rather get these billions of barrels of oil from another country.....or would you rather the money stay here in our country?
Anything we do to reduce our dependence on foreign oil is a good thing, in my opinion.