ANWR is back

With Democrats betting the farm on the Vietraq war and Republicans finding their roots, ANWR is back on the negotiating table. Only this time, the facts are prevailing. The oil under ANWR is needed to lessen America's reliance on foreign fossil fuels. In fact, Senator Stevens of Alaska is now winning after over 25 years of Democrat stalling. The Senate and the House have approved drilling in ANWR, so the people have spoken.

The facts are that ANWR probably has much more than 11 billion barrels of very clean sweet crude. Some believe that nearly 20 billion barrels will be extracted before it's all said and done. The enviro and eco crowd has demanded and received the earth's most extensive Environmental Impact Statements that indicate that no environmental harm or permanent damage is expected. And we know that today's three dimentional drilling capabilities reduce the number of wells required to exploit a field and also dramatically reduce the "footprint" of drilling platforms and support services.

ANWR is one of the many religious icons of blind faith secular socialist religion. This is the same crowd that attempted to stop oil drilling in the 1970s and the Alaskan pipeline. None of the "scientific" evidence presented then proved reliable. In fact all was wrong. Today we hear the same babble. Bottom line is that eco extremists want to end US fossil fuel exploration and use. And they want to take the people's land away so that it's their own playground.

For those looking to relate ANWR drilling to reality, look at it as a football field. If ANWR is 100 yards long, the drilling will take place on a piece that is smaller than a postage stamp. I think it's time that some of our extremists get a grip and a life.