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- Less than 2000 of the estimated 19 MILLION acres will be affected. 17.5 Million will remain closed to any kind of development.
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these quantities mean nothing. I'm much more interested in what this "stat" means by "affected." Does this count the roads in and out or the number of people working and living on this "affected" land. I'm reminded of the last election map with the red and blue counties so often bantered about by the right, as if our democracy was based on the control of unpopulated stretches of land. I understand Americans are poor with geography, but seriously.
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- Revenues to the federal treasury for the first 5 years are estimated at 4.2 Billion Dollars.
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Surely this must be tax revenue as we all know that this oil will be sold to the more profitable Chinese market to help build their industry. Interesting to see conservatives tout federal tax revenues as a positive.
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- Economic impact between 1977 and 2004 of the North Shore oil field added over 50 Billion to the nations economy.
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Since 95% of the northern coast of Alaska
is already available for drilling we can expect the impact of drilling in ANWR to be paltry in comparison.
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- The coastal plain of ANWR is the nations best chance for a major discovery.
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Oh I can just feel the roulette wheel spinning right to our number! By all accounts it's foolhardy to expect some miracle buried in the soil of ANWR.
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- North Slope production has declined from 2 Million Barrels a day to 943,000 per day.
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No clue what "north slope" refers to. Shouldn't this serve as warning as to how limited our oil resources are? Not a call for more expansive drilling, but one for technological innovation.
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- More than 75% of Alaskans favor exploration and production.
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ANWR stands for Artic
National Wildlife Refuge. Each American is entitled to their share of our national parks and reserves upon birth. This decision is not one to be made by Alaskans only.
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- New job creation is estimated at between 250,000 to 735,000 jobs.
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Wow an additional 735,000 people introduced to the area with relatively no environmental impact? Think of all the jobs we could create by clearcutting Yosemite! Lets dam the grand canyon! "More jobs" has been the calling card for virtually every environmental travesty in our nations history.
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- ANWR production estimated at between 1 Million to 2 Million barrels a day.
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If this oil were destined for American consumption, which it's not, it would do little to meet
the need for 20 million barrels per day
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- Saudi Arabia has not discovered a major oil field in 30 years.
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Classic misdirection, completely irrelevant. Saudi Arabia still has much much more oil under their soil than the U.S.
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- The world oil producers are running at near capacity.
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ANWR will be drops in the bucket.
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- Demand will continue to grow from developing countries, especially China.
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I'm not sure of the wisdom of selling our natural resources to build the economy of China. Chinese industry has left the U.S. in the dust over the past 15 years. What is the end result? Better start offering Mandarin in the high schools.
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- NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON WILDLIFE - the Central Arctic Caribou Herd which migrates through Prudhoe Bay has grown form 3000 animals to over 32,000 since the north shore development.
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Bullshit-o-meter is off the charts on this one. Are we supposed to believe that oil prospecting has a positive impact on wildlife? Look at the wonders it's done for Prince William sound...
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- Arctic technology has advanced dramatically - If Prudhoe Bay were built today it would have a 64% smaller footprint.
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Okay that's actually a good thing. What would the footprint be if it weren't built at all?
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Given the national security considerations, the high price of gas and the instability of our oil supplies how can the democratic party be against development of ANWR?
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Conservation is not solely a partisan issue. How can many Americans be opposed to oil prospecting in ANWR? Perhaps because it will do nothing to aleve our oil supply woes, will not change the price we pay for gas, and is not worth tampering with our largest patch of undisturbed wilderness so fatass fucks can continue to have the
convenience of taking the SUV out for another solo midnight run to Taco Bell. Please let me know what "national security considerations" are caused by the continued inactivity of oil prospectors in ANWR, I'm at a loss there.
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The only solution the democratic party has given is to tap the Strategic Oil Reserve, Dem Charles Schumer. Brilliant long term solution by the democrat from New York. This was meant to shield us from disruption in supply, not to temporarily lower the price of gas which is still far below the 1981 price, (after being adjusted for inflation).
Once again we have bold leadership from the democratic party. Just like Social Security their answer is simple, do nothing, there's no immediate crisis!
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I agree that Schumer's plan is just as short-sighted as ANWR drilling.