Perspective..

I've heard a similar analogy before.  If ANWR is a football field, the proposed drilling site is a postage stamp in the back corner of one of the end zones.  This cartoon offers a similar view:

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[Daniel k]

similarly, despoiling this tiny section of ANWR would result in a tiny reduction in the price of a barrel of crude - the current price is $135, and within 20 years the savings on that is likely to be 75 cents. This will drop the price of a gallon of gas, 20 years from now, about 4 cents.

[Madeline's Dad]

Piker:

You are just missing one small detail in your argument:

$135 per barrel is the price on the WORLD market.

Just like the OPEC producing Countries don't buy their oil from via world market, they don't pay $135 per barrel.

If we were to drill in ANWR, or off the coastlines, that oil would never get into the world oil market "tank".

Think of it this way-if beef is selling at market in the US for $10 a pound, who does the rancher who slaughters his own cow for dinner pay?

[Daniel k]

Wait a minute, why wouldn't oil companies sell ANWR oil to world market? It's their oil, they can sell it to whoever they want. Probably the Chinese, which is a growth market.

[Robert]

Anwr is only a part of the solution. All the shale coal deposits, gulf oil deposits, and oil deposits should be part of the plan. On top of this we include nuclear plants, natural gas, new processing plants for crude, better electrical producing facilities and the continuation of wind, etc
We need a national economic energy plan like we had in the 60's for going to the moon. If we don't my grandchildren will grow up in a third world country - USA.

[Madeline's Dad]

Well said, Robert.

Until we as a Country rally to save the problem-both short and long term-we're in deep do-do.

The Environmentalists need to relax a bit in the short term, so that we may make some progress with new technologies..