[Carry_Okie]

Those who think ANWR won't make a dent in our dependency upon the Middle East, don't understand what a marginal contribution in supply can do to the price of a commodity with inelastic demand.

[rellimpank]

---yep--think what a few drill rigs in the promising areas of the Commiefornia and Florida coasts, along with groundbreaking for a few refineries would do to the psychology of the oil markets--

[sanjacjake]

The latest Dem ..flimflam .. Halliburton has the
contract to build all the wooden barrels that the
oil is sted in...in New Orleans? Jake

[cogitator]

It could just mean substituting nonoil sources for a small fraction of our energy needs — moving from oil to coal, gas, nuclear, or any number of new technologies that may become feasible in the future.

I just finished the February Discover magazine. Worth a read. You'll see why on the cover.

An unattributed quote: "The United States today wrings twice as much work from each barrel of oil as it did in 1975. With even more advanced technologies, we can double oil efficiency all over again at a cost averaging $12 a barrel. We can replace all the rest of our oil needs with advanced biofuels and saved natural gas at a cost averaging $18 a barrel."

Why drill-and-burn when conservation+technology are better for the environment, the economy, and national security?

[phillyfanatic]

The fact is that not only Alaska, but off shore South Jersey, Fla., N. Car., of course, Ca., there are gallons and gallons et al for many years but the enviros will not give in and now we are supposedly all turning Green. We need nukes, coal, and oil. No cars will be given up easily by most of the public and it will not be for years when we finally, if ever, go off the oil-gas fix. We will still need that oil and we have it domestically but will not be able to get it due to Gop wussiness and Left Dem obstructionism.