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Originally Posted by Hardknock
You and I both know that everyone looks forward to those checks every October. And not everyone who lives a subsistance lifestyle depends on those PFD's. Plenty of peole in Anchorage who spit out babies just to collect more PFD money. Somebody from outside might believe that. but locals know better. If you doubt that, then you don't really know whats going on.
Oil well after oil well is not the solution. I will have a good laugh if the ecosystem is destroyed up there and there isn't enough oil to be found anyway. It'll just be another blemish to Bush and Co's "legacy."
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The PFD is a great shot in the arm for Alaska's economy every October. You make it sound like everyone living in Alaska is having babies just to get another PFD check. That is just not the case as anyone can tell by the population Boom in this state.
As for drilling oil, it would help All Americans keep there live style. I personally do not want to depend on OPEC to control oil prices. The same people who want to control our lives and live the same live style they do control our check books. Ask anyone, every time the price of gas goes up is one less trip a movie or eating a meal out. It affects a large percent of the population.
As for the SUV’s, we Americans drive nice cars and have a good life in the great US. I am retired military and I have seen a lot. As I seen a comedian on TV say, there are not a lot of Americans crossing the boarder into Mexico for a better life style. The oil fields on the northern part of Alaska employ more people in the lower 48 then anyone realizes. 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and it is only a plain ride away. This also helps the airline industry.
Only 8% of ANWR Would Be Considered for Exploration Only the 1.5 million acre or 8% on the northern coast of ANWR is being considered for development. The remaining 17.5 million acres or 92% of ANWR will remain permanently closed to any kind of development. If oil is discovered, less than 2000 acres of the over 1.5 million acres of the Coastal Plain would be affected. That¹s less than half of one percent of ANWR that would be affected by production activity.
Just a few facts.....
www.anwr.org/topten.htm