Posted by
Mick O. on Monday, March 03, 2008 3:37:52 PM
Here's the deal. Over and over again, I hear passionate callers complain about the possibility of drilling in ANWR and how it would spoil this pristine wilderness. My question is this... have they ever been there?
My recent request from the Forest and Wildlife Service netted the answer that only about 1200-1500 people visited there in 2007. Do you realize that most of these were hunters and fishermen! I hardly think the environmentalists are up there hunting! Regardless, of over 281 million people living in the united states, that is less than .05% of our population saw it last year! Five 100ths of a percent.
So what are we saving? The footprint has been projected to be small, yet the amount of oil we will glean from the field will help ease oil prices and give us a domestic source of energy. So when prices keep getting publicized as "going up at the pump" I say thank the liberals. They put us in this position. We need oil, not hybrids!