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My problem with ANWR drilling has nothing to do with the time it would take to become productive and everything to do with the environmental impact. Aggressively pursuing other forms of energy is something we should have started doing yesterday, and that includes investing in both short- and long-term prospects, and not focusing on only one or two options. Nuclear, wind, solar, solar thermal, hydro...these are all things that, combined, could have a huge impact, and the technology is only becoming more and more efficient. From what I can tell, the ideal future - and one which we can easily head towards with determination and dedication - is one which involves renewable, environmentally safe electricity, combined with electricity-focused hybrid cars. And at that point, we could even look to biofuels for the relatively small fuel need of the cars, since the amount of fuel needed would be small enough that using biofuels wouldn't have the terribly disasterous effect we're seeing it having right now.
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