On 5/23/08, Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 5/23/08, Craig Lalley wrote:
> > http://www.anwr.org/docs/CloseupofareaIII.pdf
> >
> > First the map of Alaska, then ANWAR, then a 3.13 square miles... to scale.
> >
> > Frankly, I can't think of a better place to drill for oil. It certainly
> won't be in anybody's back yard.
>
> Nobody rich and important, anyway.
>
>
>
> Mark,
>
> I am not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
>
> I think ANWAR is an extremely remote place.  I have several friends in and
> from Alaska.  The Alaskan's happen to think that it is possible to drill AND
> be environmentally friendly.

If I picked 100 Alaskans at random who held that view, approximately
how many could give me sensical reasons and evidence why they think
so? My opinion, that number would be very tiny. Out of those 100, how
many would stand to benefit financially from the proposed drilling? My
opinion, a lot higher than answer #1.

> If Alaska was given a vote, the overwhelmingly popular vote would be to
> drill in ANWAR.

Of course. The average Alaskan can smell the money. Again, I think
that's a vote informed mainly by greed, not thought.

I agree that this does have some "states rights" issues tied to it. I
don't know much about how federal lands are identified, declared, and
controlled. I assume Alaska at some point had the option to deny
granting federal status to the area in question, but I could be wrong.
But if it's federal land, then it's federal control. Maybe Alaska
could get ANWAR's federal status revoked somehow? Then there would
just be the environmentalists to fight, and we would eventually find
out if all those Alaskans who think that environmentally sound
drilling can be done are right.


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