Re: Forget ANWR, how about drilling in NPRA?

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> | > On Apr 30, 1:09 pm, "Sid9" <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | >> "znuybv" <thowil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | >> > On Apr 30, 11:55 am, gjohn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | >> >> Calls for drilling in ANWR died down after the 2006
congressional
> | >> >> elections, but the most recent run-up in oil and gasoline prices

> is
> | >> >> leading to renewed calls.
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> | >> >> Watergate burglar and talk radio show host G. Gordon Liddy is
> | >> >> scheduled to broadcast his show live from Alaska in July, with
the
> | >> >> sup****t of Arctic Power, the lobbying group that has spent 16 
> years
> | >> >> and $11 million of Alaskan state money to get Congress to open 
> ANWR.
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> | >> >> And today President Bush said American's wouldn't be so pinched
at
> the
> | >> >> pump if Congress had approved drilling in ANWR when he first
took
> | >> >> office. He is also saying it's time to let the drilling begin.
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> | >> >> How much oil is in ANWR? No one really knows for sure, but the
> latest
> | >> >> estimate is between 5.7 billion and 16.0 billion barrels within 
> the
> | >> >> 1002 area.
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> | >> >> One thing you don't hear much about in this discussion: there's
> | >> >> another bigger chunk of land in Alaska that since after World
War 
> I
> | >> >> has been set aside specifcally for oil exploration.
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> | >> >> The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is about 60 miles West
of
> | >> >> Prudhoe Bay and has actually seen some exploration and
production.
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> | >> >> How much oil is in NPRA? According to the latest study between
5.9
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> | >> >> 13.2 billion barrels , but again you can't really tell unless
you
> | >> >> start to drill.
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> | >> >> So if we have a huge chunk of land with a "drill here" sign on
it
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> | >> >> do we need to open ANWR?
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> | >> >>   I can answer that question: because Republicans are all about
> | >> >> scoring political points, not about solving problems.
> | >> >> Republicans, especially usenet Republicans, have never cared 
> whether
> | >> >> there was actually any oil under ANWR. They only cared about
> opposing
> | >> >> environmentalists.
> | >> >>   That's why drilling for oil where no one really cares doesn't
> appeal
> | >> >> to Republicans.
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> | >> > Politicians are not interested in lowering the cost of fuel. 
They
> | >> > will do their best to keep it as high as they can.
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> | >> The politicians are bush,jr, Cheney, and Rice...all from the oil
> industry
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> | > The Democrats are doing their damnedest to keep the price of fuel
oil
> | > as high as they can.  Environmentalists love the high cost of fuel.
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> | Democrats have no say for the next 264 days....stay tuned!
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> %%%% Except in the Democrat controlled Congress.



They don’t have the 60 votes needed in
the Senate to move legislation.

Stop making deceptive posts.