Any chance you could find something independent of an energy consortium web page to point out these wonderful facts?

Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, Resource Development Council, Alaska Trucking Association, Alaska Oil & Gas Association, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Alaska Miner's Association, Alaska Forest Association.

Those are the sponsors of anwr.org and they don't sound like scientific organizations to me.

C'mon.

And that cruise needed to tour not only the entire coastline but also find some way to fly over every square mile of Alaska for you to be able to give your expert environmental opinion that "Alaska is fine."
bhallg2k Reviewed by bhallg2k 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