The main solution that America's elected officials have been debating, more this decade than ever before, is starting a development in ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Reserve). This would help us by allowing our country to rely more on ourselves for oil and other sources of energy; proving to Saudi Arabia that if they keep driving up their prices, we can get oil somewhere else. However, there are many other, excellent reasons for drilling in ANWR:
First of all, if you are listening to people who argue that the Alaskans do not want people to start a development up there, they are false. At least 75% of Alaskans support a development of the Coastal Plain in ANWR.
Another argument that many cling to is the fact that ANWR is exactly as its name dictates -- a wildlife reserve. All of America's environmentalists and Al Gore's green folk don't want to hurt any of the animals or other part of the environment in ANWR. Here are numbers and statistics as far as hurting ANWR go:
ANWR consists of about 19 million acres. The amount that we need for development in ANWR is only 1.5 million acres. If oil or other natural resources are found (and come on people, they will be) only 2000 of that original 1.5 million acres will be needed. After doing all of the computing, the most amount of ANWR that will be affected is less than a measly .5%. And if you still doubt that there is any oil in ANWR, the Dept. of the Interior believes there to be between 9 to 16 million barrels of oil in the Coastal Plain on ANWR. That would make ANWR second only to the Prudhoe Bay oil discovery (about 25 million barrels were found) in America.
Lastly, developing ANWR would result in a financial boost for EVERYONE. If development in ANWR commences, and estimated 250,000 to 735,000 jobs will be available. Our economy will undoubtedly have its never-ceasing thirst for revenue quenched, as America would have to rely on foreign countries for oil. Even better, fuel prices would be greatly affected of the developing of ANWR. United States Representative Michele Bachmann believes that if we were able to begin the development of ANWR that gas prices could be cut in half. I mean, what's wrong with a little extra cash in your pocket?
Alternative sources of energy are an excellent idea: they are clean, very green, and eco-friendly. However, times are desperate and money is running short. We need to act right now by taking advantage of all the resources possible, and that means we NEED to drill in ANWR. To support Newt Gingrich's "Drill here. Drill Now. Pay Less" plan for lower gas prices in the U.S., sign his petition by following the link below. Over 1,400,000 people have already signed!!!
http://www.americansolutions.com/
Below are some of the pages and articles I used in the making of this post:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/america-must-drill-oil-home
http://www.anwr.org/People/Alaskans-Support-Development.php
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7039005&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
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If we wait what, another 6 monthes we can actually make the demand for hybrid cars even higher, which in theory could lead to more production of better hybrids and not to mention more.
If we wait another year we could actually have time to fund hydrogen cars, which Ford and many other major car makers have been working on for a few years, but its hard to have a breakthrough in science when you have no help.
There is all this talk of we need to get relief from foriegn oil now, but have you heard anyone say what happens after we get relief? They say hey gas prices will go down, we wont depend on the Arabs anymore, life will be easier. But in 5 years when our supply starts running out and the costs of maintaining all those oil rigs catches up, we will be back in the same hole!
How about we do the unAmerican thing and stop thinking about tomorrow and think about the next 50 years...
Nick,
I am all for hybrids and more fuel efficient transportation. However, we need relief now!
My opinion is not that we should depend on American oil until we run out. It is just we need something can hold us for just a short period of time. Just until the hybrids do start rolling off the lots. Or more of those wind farms are built.
And how can we fund such projects if all our money is going to foreign countries.
Again, I suggest we drill WHILE looking for alternative energy sources. That way, our wallets take less of a beating, and the money we save could be put toward those hydro-cars and similar projects
The Government does not spend its money on oil, that is a small hit to the pocket compared to this thing we call a War. There are plenty of ways to decrese the price of gas without spending more to build offshore oil rigs, hire people to work them, build pipelines, buy transport ships, spend all the money to make sure the rig is enviornmentally friendly, run the rig, which by the way break with just about every storm that passes through.
There are plenty of solutions to bringing down the gas prices, Barack Obama will do that before McCain does, but let me be the first to say, neither candidate is going to try too hard to bring them down...
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