Do you think the government should drill for oil in Alaska and why or not?

yeah and while they are at it untap the 1000+ year supply we have in montana and north dakota....... 80 cents a gallon anyone?Do you think the government should drill for oil in Alaska and why or not?
Yes, to reduce our dependance on foreign oil. To reduce the price of gas in the US.


Also, did you know there's oil under the Great Lakes? Canada is drilling it already.





EDIT: Yes, If you meant government allowing the drilling, not drilling itself!Do you think the government should drill for oil in Alaska and why or not?
I don't want a government-run gasoline station.





I think Alaska should be able to decide whether or not the oil companies are allowed to drill there, and the other 49 states should butt out. The government should stop trying to ';secure our interests'; in the Middle East (fancy phrase for 'keeping the oil safe'), and let the free market come up with a fuel that works.
No. There are plenty of alternatives. Why not put the money into getting fuel efficient cars on the market? That will do more to cut the average American's cost of gas tan all theoil in AnWR.





Of course, that won't allow the oil companies to keep soaking us for more money, but you can't have everything!
Yes why not!
If we don't drill for more oil, as the population increases in the United States, the demand will increase and the price of existing oil will continue to go higher. We need to drill for oil and build new refineries just to sustain the current prices, because of supply and demand.
Yes where ever, but those tree huggers will be after you!!! they seem to run things now!!!
It should be a decision for the voters in Alaska. It's their oil. My recommendation would be for the citizens of Alaska to form a corporation that allows them to profit from the sale of the oil while keeping the big oil companies out of the loop. If the benefits outweigh the harm, the voters can continue, but if they see some illness come to their land due to the drilling, they could agree to stop it without pressure or lawsuits from big oil.
No, but the government should allow oil companies to.
No! That's why its a preserve. To prevent that kind of thing.





We should put our efforts into developing renewable energy that will take us into the future.


The oil economy is busting our economy. It's probably the number one cause of the ailing economy. There are hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden costs, every year, associated with our use of oil and gas. Some estimates are as high as $800 billion or adding about $8 to the price of a gallon of gasoline. Military cost of protecting oil shipments up to $100 billion, subsidies to oil companies are huge, with one estimate of $80 billion annually. Health costs, environmental costs, damage to structures from acid rain and such.





http://www.monitor.net/monitor/10-9-95/o鈥?/a>





http://www.earthtrack.net/earthtrack/lib鈥?/a>





http://www.progress.org/2003/energy22.ht鈥?/a>





http://www.setamericafree.org/saf_hidden鈥?/a>





Here's an article from Scientific American Jan. 2008, about a proposal to convert the U.S. electric grid to 65% solar by 2050 and close to 100% by 2100.





http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-so鈥?/a>





They would use solar thermal power plants in the U.S. southwest. Also concentrating photovoltaic.


They both use parabolic mirrors or similar reflectors to concentrate sunlight.


We could have all electric cars when the grid is clean energy.





Green Wombat has several articles about ongoing projects in Callifornia.





http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/





from one of the solar thermal companies' website





';Solar thermal power plants such as Ausra's generate electricity by driving steam turbines with sunshine. Ausra's solar concentrators boil water with focused sunlight, and produce electricity at prices directly competitive with gas- and coal-fired electric power.';





';Solar is one the most land-efficient sources of clean power we have, using a fraction of the area needed by hydro or wind projects of comparable output. All of America's needs for electric power 鈥?the entire US grid, night and day 鈥?can be generated with Ausra's current technology using a square parcel of land 92 miles on a side. For comparison, this is less than 1% of America's deserts, less land than currently in use in the U.S. for coal mines.';
No. It will ruin the environment.
We need to get our oil somewhere otherwise gas prices will continue to rise.聽 Not only for cars but homes, business who also use gas.聽 I am sure with all the Environment protection agencies Alaska's land will remain protected and we will not have to depend on foreign oil.聽 At this point the government needs to do something to help our economy and to provide security for our future...