Thing is the media and dumbed down Americans have this vision that Alaska is one big wilderness park. I've worked up the slope, years back, saw it first hand. I doubt they will ever open up much for drilling in Alaska, been watching the game too long. If North Dakota wasn't privately owned, they wouldn't be drilling there either, look at what the feds did in Utah.
We could produce most of the oil we need if the feds would only permit it. Maybe we'll get a repub house, senate , and pres and then it might happen.