The new Republican majority has brought the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's (ARWR) oil exploration ban to center stage. Alaska's all-Republican Congressional delegation has vowed to repeal the 22-year old ban on the export of the state's North Slope oil. The proposed legislation has caused a political earthquake to shake through the Clinton Administration, which opposes the bill. If passed, the law would have important ramnifications outside Washington, D.C. Allowing companies to drill in Alaska's Northern Slope would boost the revenues of American oil companies that would like to explore the area for petroleum. Expansion of the oil industry in the Northern Slope would also create thousands of jobs and decrease U.S. dependency on oil imports from politically turbulent Middle Eastern countries. While some Democrats from oil producing states would support oil production in Alaska, a many of them oppose it. A wide range of environmental conservation groups have also formed a broad coalition against the repeal of the oil export ban. Both sides have fired up their political engines as Congressional panels consider the ANWR oil ban legislation.
Also, there is the ethical part that you have to consider about global warming and using alternative fuels such as bio-diesel fuel, not to mention protecting the beauty of that gorgeous lanscape.
Hope this helps.
2007-05-21 09:37:02
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answered by ROSE 5
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We do drill for oil in Alaska. But it is limited. They are only allowed to drill a certain square milage, to diminish the effect on the wildlife. People in Alaska rely on the environment to survive.
I think we should drill more off the coast of california and the gulf of mexico.
2007-05-21 09:30:55
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answered by Doug K 2
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Because it is not right 4 us to drill there, because of the enviorment, butttt some people dont realize that this is one earth. I doesn't matter if we drill in Alaska, South America , or Atlanta at that matter, it is all still the same earth. We should come up with alternatives to gas. It wont matter if we preserve Alaska, because Alaska is part of Planet Earth.
2007-05-21 11:45:34
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answered by big_red31331 4
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Drilling in Alaska NOW (and not saving the reserves for future generations) or using renewables exclusively for the use of vehicles are sub-optimal solutions !!!
The RATIONAL, INEXPENSIVE, LOGICAL way to go is to increase the energy efficiency of the present oil users (mostly cars and trucks). Not only them but also the whole chain (and this includes refineries)
The US has a gas quality that is even no longer used in other country´s land mowers !!! There is a huge margin of improvment by shifting to lower octan fuels or diesel.
2007-05-21 09:45:27
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answered by NLBNLB 6
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Instead of drilling, the world needs to come up with alternative energy solutions. The environment of Alaska is very unique and one of the last unspoiled landscapes in the world. We need to preserve this land and it's wildlife rather then exploiting it for short-term gain.
2007-05-21 09:23:36
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answered by nsquared1971 2
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Because that's one of the last few wildernesses we have! If we drill there, that means people, and people mean an upset in the environment! There isn't enough oil in existence to be worth giving it up...no matter how dependent we are upon it.
2007-05-21 10:47:14
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answered by for_always_groban 2
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We are. That is why they built the Alaska oil pipeline, to transport all the oil they are drilling for.
2007-05-21 09:24:36
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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Because certain groups are convinced that drilling operations the ANR will be harmful to some species and would rather see us pay through the nose and maintain ties with the mideast for oil.
One good point about the increased fuel prices is that research on alternative sources will accelerate.
2007-05-21 09:25:42
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answered by ©2009 7
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Because the pristine environment and the fragile ecological balance between man, plants and animals is more important to human existence on this planet that a few more billion barrels of oil so we can scurry around in our $60,000 gas-guzzling SUVs. -RKO- 05/21/07
2007-05-21 09:22:53
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answered by -RKO- 7
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We are. But not enough. Thanks to the Liberals who think animals are more important than voters. The joke is, when the Alaskan Pipeline went in, people insisted that it would interfere with the mating of mooses. In fact, they LIKE it, and congregate under it to give their calves a better, warmer start when they are born. Far from interfering, the Pipeline has been an ecological BOON to Alaskan wildlife!
2007-05-21 09:51:37
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answered by Anonymous
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