Drilling in Alaska, whats wrong with it?

Question

Why not drill in Alaska? All it will do is give us more of what we need. God has put everything here for a reason, like cows, any meat, natural gas, petroleum etc. Why not utilize our resources?

By the way, I am not against finding alternative resources at all! But until then we gotta have something. What does piss me off is when we use billions of dollars and we dont get anywhere.

Answer 1

Nothing is wrong with it as long as we do it with care not to harm the environment. It's only about 2% of that wildlife refuge that would be affected anyway.

IF we're smart, we will do everything we can to get ourselves off of foreign oil which is funding many of our enemies.

We need to drill, conserve, and pursue alternative fuel sources like solar, wind, fuel cells, ethanol, etc.

Answer 2

What makes you think of the oil agencies do no longer? Did you think of they positioned that pipeline in for milkshakes? Or that the Exxon Valdez spilled coffee in Alaska each and all of the some time past to 1989? this is how some time past its been that there has been drilling in Alaska. in case you prefer to understand what's incorrect with that, in the event that they are careful, and we don't have yet another Valdez or BP spill by using them attempting to shrink protection corners, then there's no longer something incorrect with it. Wow what absolute lack of understanding. They do drill there, have for years and years, long earlier Palin or Obama. and you could think of human beings could keep in mind that its no longer 'us', its the oil agencies that do the drilling. the human beings of Alaska have been getting a slow verify from the oil agencies each and each twelve months for accepting the drilling. back long earlier Palin grow to be in workplace of any variety. in basic terms because it wasn't us who benefited from the rigs that BP has in the Gulf, we as a usa do no longer drill nor do we own the oil the agencies drill. We purely sell rentals for the oil company to purchase.

Answer 3

my question is will Israel let America have this oil or will they take it as the have all of the oil from the Alaskan pipe line in which the U,S, gov, paid for and built, yet America doe's not get one drop of oil from the Alaskan pipe line it all goe's to Israel,the last time I was in Israel their gas was 47cents per gal, while ours was over $2 it just might help America if they allowed some of that gas to come to America, the big bully's.of course if any politician said some thing like this he would be out of office within 30 days.

Answer 4

I agree in both areas. Yes to alternative energy & drilling in Alaska.
They are holding Alaska for reserve in case of oil being cut off due to world affairs.

Answer 5

I completely agree. It opens up much needed jobs up there and the oil is there and right here in our own country.

I have been to Alaska many times. There are many Alaskans who are FOR drilling in Alaska.

We need the oil. We have the oil. In fact, we already have a pipeline and drilling that's been going on. And many, many, many Alaskans benefiting from that drilling.

http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/default.asp

http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/pipelinefacts.html

Answer 6

God didn't put oil in Alaska so you can mess up it's eco-system like the drunk captain of the Exxon-Valdese which wiped out a whole area of pristine land, water and Wildlife. Exxon has yet to finish paying for their mess!

Exxon Valdez
On March 24, 1989, shortly after midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling more than 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spill was the largest in U.S. history and tested the abilities of local, national, and industrial organizations to prepare for, and respond to, a disaster of such magnitude. Many factors complicated the cleanup efforts following the spill. The size of the spill and its remote location, accessible only by helicopter and boat, made government and industry efforts difficult and tested existing plans for dealing with such an event.

The spill posed threats to the delicate food chain that supports Prince William Sound's commercial fishing industry. Also in danger were ten million migratory shore birds and waterfowl, hundreds of sea otters, dozens of other species, such as harbor porpoises and sea lions, and several varieties of whales.

Since the incident occurred in open navigable waters, the U.S. Coast Guard's On-Scene Coordinator had authority for all activities related to the cleanup effort. His first action was to immediately close the Port of Valdez to all traffic. A U.S. Coast Guard investigator, along with a representative from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, visited the scene of the incident to assess the damage. By noon on Friday, March 25, the Alaska Regional Response Team was brought together by teleconference, and the National Response Team was activated soon thereafter.

Alyeska, the association that represents seven oil companies who operate in Valdez, including Exxon, first assumed responsibility for the cleanup, in accordance with the area's contingency planning. Alyeska opened an emergency communications center in Valdez shortly after the spill was reported and set up a second operations center in Anchorage, Alaska

They were never able to clean up all of the mess Exxon left!

Just what we need. A few more of those!

Answer 7

For the same reason that they don't want us to drill of any
of the estimated 1 to 1.2 trillion barrels of shale oil that is
in the US (50% of the worlds supply)

The tree hugger's don't want us to drill

Answer 8

It would never, never do to have the caribou's view of the pristine slopes of the ANWR disturbed by an oil rig. And it is only costing us taxpayers $25,000 per caribou per year in lost taxes to protect that view. Such a deal! (Do you suppose that if I were to wear caribou antlers, the Treasury would cut me a check?)

Answer 9

it would be a waste. where does the oil from there go now? answer that and you have the answer.
by your logic weed should be legal. god made it and it is good

Answer 10

Nothing wrong with that.
Something wrong with the people who stop it.
The Dems of witted and ocrat