I completely agree that ANWR oil will not help most of us, and that increasing CAF requirements, and/or other conservation measures, would be much more effective. But I think the American public is just being sold the ANWR drilling plan as a way to "foster independence from foreign oil". That is just a palatable spin to convince us itās a good idea.
Don't look at it as a way to incrementally decrease foreign oil purchases, look at it as a way to lock in a local supply for "critical" needs in a few years, when maybe our foreign partners can't or won't sell us what we want. Then 1 million barrels a day will look pretty good, when the line at the pump includes Air Force One, military vehicles, ships, aircraft, maybe police and fire...you know, you can make the list, and you can bet most of us will NOT be on it. So I see ANWR oil fitting in nicely to help fill the "needs" of the government, NOT as a way to increase retail supply or reduce retail prices. But people might not support it if they thought that was the case. >President Bush clearly believes that drilling in the Arctic National >Wildlife Reserve is a good way to foster independence from foreign oil. >According to FOX NEWS, the President recently said "We could recover >more than 10 billion barrels of oil from a small corner of ANWR ... We >can now reach all of ANWR's oil by drilling on just 2,000 acres. >Developing a small section of ANWR would not only create new jobs but >would reduce our dependence on foreign oil by up to a million barrels a >day." _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
