Quote Originally Posted by bhallg2k
I don't see how something that couldn't possibly supply more than a percentage of our daily oil needs can justify the potential environmental damage it could create in the process.

If we're willing to invade Iraq solely because "it's the right thing to do," and that is the latest rationale for that clusterfuck, why can't we leave pristine lands alone for the very same reason?

Jesus, why must we destroy everything?

You are just repeating the typical liberal mantra, its gonna kill the enviroment and the poor caribou. Well, we already drill up there and we had the same fight with the enviro-whackos the last time. And guess what?? None of what they said would happen, happened!! The caribou population doubled and the enviroment in Alaska is fine. I went on a cruise up there and it was great.

Find a new and realistic argument.
amsterdam Reviewed by amsterdam on . ANWR Question The Senate approved drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The measure was villainous attached to a filibuster-proof budget bill passed yesterday. A question though. The most liberal estimates - and I don't mean left-leaning - predict that there are about 10.5 billion barrels of oil available at the ANWR site. Some estimates have it at half that. The U.S. currently uses just over 7 billion barrels of oil a year. Peak production from ANWR of 1 million barrels a day Rating: 5