Honestly....why aren't we drilling for oil in ANWR????

With 20 million acres of this http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesrdevries/234270593/ I don't see why we would buying it from anyone. If it's for ';enviornmental'; reasons, then we shouldn't be buying it at all right??! lol!





Can someone be reasonable, without being angry, and answer this! (We all know who the angry ones are....)Honestly....why aren't we drilling for oil in ANWR????
We should drill in ANWR.





The current production problems are not caused by the U.S. government and the delivery system companies CEO's are not to blame. This is a problem of worldwide Wahhabi Muslim hatred for western civilization home grown in Saudi Arabia, Osama Bin Laden's home country. The Saudi Family is solely responsible for the current ARTIFICIAL oil shortage.





Worldwide environmentalists, supported by Saudi money, have made investment in energy infrastructure too expensive and too slow to be of help in this pending economic collapse created by our foreign Muslim enemies. What the Saudi political thought couldn't do with planes flying into buildings they will do by strangling the economic life out of western countries addicted to Saudi (OPEC) oil.





We should have drilled in ANWR years ago today it is too late. Oil will be $200.00 USD/bbl by the end of 2008 and $300.00 USD/bbl by the end of 2009.





Saudi Arabia, (where it costs $.50 (fifty cents) to produce a barrel of oil, and is the home to the 9/11 terrorists that attacked the United States) is the home of The Muslim Brotherhood and Wahhabi Muslim extremism, and dominates OPEC and OPEC pricing arrangements.





World Population increases by 2.5 Billion over 33 years and OPEC oil production stays the same.





1973 Total OPEC Oil production 30.63 Mbbls per day





2006 Total OPEC Oil Production 30.66 Mbbls per day





Table 11.5 World Crude Oil Production, 1960-2006 (Million Barrels per Day), http://www.eia.doe.gov/aer/txt/ptb1105.h…








1973 Total World Population 4.108 Billion (May 22, 1973)


http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop





2006 Total World Population 6.618 Billion (May 22, 2008)


World POPClock, U. S. Bureau of Census, http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockwo…





The best hope for us is to mandate the use of GEM FFV (Gasoline Ethanol Methanol - Flex Fuel Vehicle) vehicles in the United States which will make it economically viable for all vehicles worldwide to be GEM FFV also. Consumers with a choice of fuels can then choose the least expensive fuel to buy. A gallon of Methane costs about $1.35 USD to make, with a 50% energy equivalent, it equals about $2.70 per energy equivalent for miles traveled. This would put a ceiling cap on the price for oil (gasoline at $2.70/gal).





Third world farmers could then produce their own alcohols from bio-mass waste and then boycott the Saudi products as well. This would result in the rise of people worldwide to a higher level of existence. We could be selling tractors to poor farmer in Africa to grow their own food and convertible energy bio-mass. An alcohol plant takes 12 to 18 months with current environmental woes to build; this could be shortened considerably to about 6 months. A medium sized plant costs about as much as a strip mall.Honestly....why aren't we drilling for oil in ANWR????
-sorry, I am not buying this version of the ';truth.'; Report Abuse

If you agree with Kevin, then why even bother asking the question? You could just ask why the Democrats are resisting the drilling in ANWR.





Like the lady said before me; it's about preserving the environment. I'd also like to know why speculation leads to higher prices day after day. That isn't a political debate, that's the truth. Everyday, gas hits a new high and every quarter (almost) some oil company makes a record profit. Of course, since you blame Democrats for not drilling, I'm sure you're blaming them for that too.





Record high prices, record high profits. That's not a coincidence. And when Bush took office (remember he's a oil man too with connects to the OPEC families), gas was $1.46. Check on it!





Blaming Democrats... Sheesh!





Everyone is to blame here!!!
The reserves there are estimated to be maybe a 1-2 year supply of oil for the USA, or say 5% of our oil for 10-30 years. In other words, it's not very much oil and it isn't going to solve our oil importing problem. IE dilling there might drop the price of oil a few cents in a few years.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Refu…





And yes, it's a wildlife refuge, one of the few unspoilt areas left in the USA. That's why drilling has been blocked there. Think of it this way, this way both the wilderness and the oil is preserved for some future day when we might really need it.





It's greed, market speculation, bad government, and the collapse of the dollar that got us into this $4+ a gallon mess, not environmentalists.
No, this is not a Democrat vs Republican issue. This has to do with protecting one of the last pristine areas in the nation. Drilling would open this area to all kinds of environmental devastation. If you want to continue with the same fossil fuel energy, ask why the CEOs of these oil companies are making 10-15 million dollar salaries while us peons are paying $3.50 - $4.00 / gallon for gas.





No, don't mess with ANWR. Let's focus on alternative fuel sources, of which there are many, and develop the technology to utilize them.
Its just this aesthetic distaste rich environmentalists have for even the slightest inconvenience to wildlife in areas they have no plans on ever visiting.
Because of the Democrats. It's that simple.
Don't think for one second drilling in ANWR would suddenly drop the prices of gas to what they were before this escalation started.





You may see one cent or two at the pumps for about a week if they ever agree to it. The pressures that are pushing up the barrel will still be there. OPEC will probably simply close its taps just a little further to offset the flow. Oil is still a non-renewable dwindling resource that we're going to have to do without eventually.





Right now, increased competition from China and others, an Iranian oil exchange in euros, and rampant speculation are some of the factors that are explaining the price hike. ANWR is not about solving the crisis at all. It is about putting just a few dollars more in the hands of oil company CEO and major stock-holders. It's not worth it. As a consumer, you would not end up seeing a red dime of this - just as you're not seeing a red dime of the profits they're making now.





In addition to being potentially very damaging to the environment in ANWR (Devastating in fact - drilling is one of the worst environmental activities), it would set up a terrible precedent. It's a Wildlife Reserve for a reason. It should stay that way.





As an average consumer, you wouldn't profit from this. It's not about making you profit. As usual, it's about making the already rich profit. Leave the caribou alone.
I found this on http://www.gravmag.com/oil3.html#setpric…





Everything that you ever wanted to know about oil.





The amount of known oil in ANWR is precisely zero (see essay here) - many different entities make many different estimates of how much there may be in the ground there, but until reasonable amounts of exploration are done, those estimates are nothing but guesses. A few of them are educated guesses, many of them are as educated as saying the moon is made of green cheese. Reasonable (as in US Geological Survey - see This Link) estimates are of 7.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil. Figuring one way, using US consumption at 20 million barrels per day, divided into that 7.7 billion, equals 385 days of supply. In reality, it will take years for the infrastructure to be built (pipelines, drilling facilities, production facilities, etc) even if there is any oil there at all - remember, the proved amount as of right now is zero barrels. Then, the production would take many years - you don't just produce it in a whoosh. Prudhoe bay, at around 13 billion barrels, has been producing for nearly 30 years. So rather than viewing it as so many days of supply, it might be more reasonable to view it as contributing to a lesser need for imports. The amount that would come over 20 years or so might be as much as a million barrels a day -- 5% of current US needs (remember too that US consumption is increasing by 2 to 4% per year). Not trivial, but also no panacea.
I'm not even sure where to begin here. Why would we want to tear up the land in ANWR to try to produce enough oil to feed our national habit for merely a year (maybe)? On the one hand, we're getting squeezed hard at the gas pump. On the other hand, we're talking about what amounts to a caribou's bedroom. This land that we would drill, if allowed, is land on which the caribou mate and raise their young. Perhaps those pushing for drilling in ANWR would accept, as an alternative, that we drill in THEIR bedrooms.





All silliness aside, is nothing in our nation sacred anymore? Are we so willing to sell out for just a few cents off at the gas pump? That makes as much sense as driving around for three hours to find the best gas price, which is usually at least twenty miles away from wherever you are when you begin the search.





Our pain at the pump will not be relieved until we can find ways to use far less gasoline. Carpooling, public transportation, riding a bicycle, oh, and remember walking? These are ways we can reduce the prices at the pump.





Oh and for the record, Kevin, the two highest-ranking republicans in this nation (Pres., VP) are oil men. Our VP won't tell anyone who sat in on the energy policy discussions. That's hardly the way to reassure the public that the Bush administration really has the public's best interests in mind.