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Originally Posted by KMA-628
This is the second time that this has been asserted in this thread without anything to back it up.
Opinions are one thing, this is a major point of contention. One that cannot be taken seriously if it is merely uttered with no corraborating information whatsoever.
This is simple. We need oil. Like it or not, we need the stuff.
The next question is where do we get it from? Do we rely on other nations that can potentially use the stuff to hold us hostage (i.e. late 70's) or do we tap any source that might decrease our dependence on someone other than oursleves?
How much it decreases our dependence is moot (and questionable).
I would support a measure that means we get 100 barrels less of oil a day from another country (yes, I am exaggerating, but you know what I mean).
We all want to complain about outsourcing jobs, losing money to other countries, etc. But, when we have the chance to increase our self-sufficiency, we don't want to do it.
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Here's one of many soruces KMA. There's articles all over the web so do a little searching.
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We don't need any oil. NOTHING. We have the technology today to cut all use of the internal combustion engine. Why dont we do it? Money of course. The world economy would go to total shit if all oil dried up tommorow. And having an oil man in the white house doesn't help either. It doesn't surprise me that other Alaskans are for drilling, it will add a measly $200 or so to their PFD checks. That's what seems to be the most important thing to people thses days. Money. Never mind that this will only repay the oil lobbyists that paid Bush to get reelected.
I've been telling lower48'ers this all along. There isn't enough oil in Alaska to save us from the Saudis. Look at every estimate that has ever been given about ANWR. Show me an estimate that shows a more than six month supply of oil.