For newcomers, or those who missed it, a few months ago there were a series of posts pertaning to ANWR - The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in NorthEastern Alaska. The gist of the topic was - Are you in favor of drilling? The ANWR is a pristine natural area full of wildlife.

Most of the respondents were in favor of drilling. However, there were some opponents. Now that we are at war, and the future is very uncertain, we must remember the 1973 Saudi Arabian political boycott, when, Jimmy Carter was President, we were all sitting in long gas lines at the service stations and inflation was double digit.

One benefit of the WTC is a big drop in oil prices and a reduction of prices at the pump. But suppose that some of the Arab oil producing countries go up in smoke or radical extermists revolt and take over!

How do you feel, now, about drilling in ANWR? Have some opponents changed their minds?

Incidentally, the August issue of National Geographic has an article about Alaska - Oil vs Wilderness.It is worthwhile to obtain. *( A photo of the Porcupine Caribou Herd - 136,000 - is stupendous and mind boggling to see - awesome )! A hunt would last about 30 seconds!

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[This message has been edited by William E. Tibbe (edited 10-14-2001).]

It seems to me that most folks are responsible enough to reckognize the need to restore the arctic wilderness to its natural state after the oil is gone. The way I see it the real question is do we have a choice?

I believe that instead of cutting back oil production as the former administration would have it we should be focusing thought and resources on alternative energy development first. In the mean time we still need oil...

I must say I was very disheartened to hear about the criminal who shot a hole in the pipeline recently spilling so much oil onto the beautifull Alaskan wilderness. I think he should be dropped off in Afganistan with a star spangled parachute.

While I am not adverse to drilling in the ANWR as a back up plan, what ever happened to the "gasahol" projects that were being investigated during the gas shortages? Was it an unfeasable plan, or did the greedy oil companied torpedo it in order to maintain their great profits? That would have saved a lot of farmers who ended up losing their farms.
I'm not intending to start a flame war with those questions. Just looking for answers.
Paul B.

I always thought that oil was the only thing those third world countrys had going for them and cutting off are oil supply would hurt them worse than us, a little ignorant on the subject maybe. I've never been around oil drilling so I do not know what kind of impact it has on the environment other than an oil spill is devistating. I come from W.V were I am a coal miner and we take a lot of heat from the enviros but what they don't realize is that a reclaimed mine site, weather it's strip or deep mine turns out to be a great place for upland game birds, deer ,bear, and hogs.

Raise your hand if you're a product of public school propaganda.

I've never seen salmon so cheap, per pound, as the two years following the spill of the Exxon Valdes.

I will not take the space here to explain why.

The environmental impact of drilling for crude is so incredibly overblown as to be ridiculous.

It's worse than a crime, it's a fault - and it's another nail in the American coffin.