With rising gas prices its almost like these countries like venezuala and iran have and are holding our number..should we start drilling in alaska to find our own oil wells?
2007-03-31 05:27:25 · 19 answers · asked by Prostidude 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
YES ! I am from Alaska and the actual spot they want to drill is a barren wasteland, so drilling there would NOT hurt the environment. Environmentalists from all over tell us we can't drill there because it is a beautiful landscape ... Alaskans have even offered to pay their airfare and hotels to actually have some of them fly up here and actually see that it is in fact NOT a beautiful landscape where they want to drill, but environmentalists refuse! Drilling would help Alaska's economy and gas prices in the US down the road, and more importantly we will have to rely on foreign oil less, which is something every American wants for obvious reasons! So next time someone brings up the subject say ... DRILL !!!
2007-03-31 05:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by Shiloh V 1 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Yes. The area they want to drill in is less than 1-2% of the entire Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The Sierra club and others complained about the pipeline. They stated there would be definate harm to caribou and their migration. Turns out, not only did it not hurt the caribou, it helped them. The pipeline is heated so oil can flow. It provided great calving grounds and shelter. Other wildlike populations did better, too.
If you've ever been there, Alaska is a huge state. Oil is still the cheapest, most eficient form of energy. We should tap into the supply.
Unless you don't drive, cook, heat your home, or own anything made from plastic, you use oil. How many more American dollars should we give to Iran or Venezuela?
2007-03-31 05:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by Partisanshipsux 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Absolutely they should drill for oil in Alaska. It is expensive to drill in the North, but better to start now than when it becomes even more expensive in the future.
2007-03-31 08:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i could arise interior the seas close to the Philippines as a humid fried chicken. humorous tale!!! It relies upon on the inclination of your drill. yet no person ought to probably try this element with basically a drill and no different technologies. And for my opinion, no technologies ought to stand up to the warmth interior the earth!
2016-11-25 02:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by eich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Putting aside environmental concerns, Alaska is a hostile terrain in which to prospect for oil. The return would probably not be worth the investment. Even the most optimistic say there's only enough oil and gas to provide for the US's energy needs for six weeks. We don't buy oil from Iran and haven't in 2 decades, so they're not holding that card. Venezuelan oil we buy by choice, not necessity. It isn't the best/easiest to process (neither is Alaskan). The best/only way to satisfy our demand is to decrease our demand dramatically. More renewable energy, more public transportation, more fuel-efficient cars, etc.
BTW, we have abundant reserves of crude (already in barrels), and there are a lot more promising sources than drilling the frozen tundra for a few drops. Thirty-one States have crude oil reserves. In the top five are Texas, with 4.6 billion barrels; California, with 3.5 billion barrels; New Mexico, with 617 million barrels; and Oklahoma, with 588 million barrels. Also, there are substantial crude oil reserves located in Federal Offshore fields: 5.1 billion barrels in the Gulf of Mexico and 566 million barrels in the Pacific. These are much easier/cheaper to exploit than ANWR. Also bear in mind that we would not have to pay Canada to run additional pipelines through their country (as we do for any oil coming from Alaska).
The main problem is the lack of refineries. Why? Because the NIMBYs in the United States refuse to have oil refineries anywhere near them. They are horrible and stinky, chugging out black smoke day and night, but hey - you want cheap gas, you gotta refine the stuff.
I would suggest that every one of you who thinks drilling in Alaska is a solution campaign to have oil fields and refineries built in your home state. Your community will get all sorts of financial incentives from the oil companies and the government, and the price of gas will drop for everybody. And isn't that what patriotism is about, contributing to the greater good and the American economy?
2007-03-31 05:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by lesroys 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
YES absolutely, and about time, Iam fed up with those who say Alaska needs to be protected, the wild life and pretty flowers...BULL...the only ones that get to enjoy the place are the rich..thousands of dollors for a hunting or fishing trip..balooney...most of us cannot afford to buy worms to go fishing near home..it-is a huge state with huge deposits of oil and so are the coast lines of the states which should be opened up to drilling also.....look at Brazil and how they became independent from buying oil outside their country....
2007-03-31 06:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by xyz 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
We need to move quickly to oil independence while we fully develop other alternatives. But since that will take years to do we need to expand our oil resources because fuel is the catalyst for our economy. Thus we must drill now. We also need to possible tie Mexican immigration reform to getting Mexico to fully open their oil fields and build new pipelines to the US If they give us oil we open up immigration. That way we have the improved economy to handle increased immigration and acceptance.
2007-03-31 05:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I could not add anything to answer this better than Partisanshipsux already has. I just wanted to say that he has the best answer and I agree with him on all his points and we should drill in Alaska.
2007-03-31 06:52:22 · answer #8 · answered by beefcake 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Definitely. We should drill right away and get the oil flowing. The environmentalists claim it will upset the caribou, and damage the pristine wilderness. Less than 1% of Americans will ever go to ANWAR. I say "poke it full of holes". A horny caribou will find a way to have sex around the oil wells.
2007-03-31 05:31:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
We already are drilling in Alaska.
If you're talking about ANWR, it really won't help that much with gas prices.
If they started drilling today oil wouldn't even begin to flow minimally until 2016.
In 2025 it would reach its peak and produce 876,000 barrels a day.
Considering US uses 20,000,000 million barrels per day currently (and this is going up.) Drilling ANWR would not be much help.
2007-03-31 05:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by Vegan 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋