I have a lot of mixed feelings about this. Most of Alaska is all for it. I am for it under an administration that has a sound energy and environmental policy in place..... which means I'll probably never be able to support any current drilling plans!
People get all misty eyed about Nature and Untouched Wilderness when talking about Alaska, which is a bunch of bullshit. It's all been touched - by Native Alaskans, in some century or another, or by tons of wildlife. Most discussions about ANWR seem to have this nearly mythological reverence for land no one (who is doing the talking) has ever been to. What do people in Iowa care about a tract of land bigger than many US states? But they wax on and on about untouched blah blah. People make livings off the land. This is a reality and oil - if we continue to use it - needs to come from somewhere.
At this time, with the technology we have, I guess I prefer not to tap it, because it is a small amount of oil and why cause damage if we don't have to? But as far as the principal of drilling, I'm not 100% necessarily against it.
I don't feel very coherent this morning - it's 6.45am and I'm nursing and I have a cold, but that'll do for now I guess.
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Drilling and ANWR
Date: 2008-08-30 01:51 pm (UTC)People get all misty eyed about Nature and Untouched Wilderness when talking about Alaska, which is a bunch of bullshit. It's all been touched - by Native Alaskans, in some century or another, or by tons of wildlife. Most discussions about ANWR seem to have this nearly mythological reverence for land no one (who is doing the talking) has ever been to. What do people in Iowa care about a tract of land bigger than many US states? But they wax on and on about untouched blah blah. People make livings off the land. This is a reality and oil - if we continue to use it - needs to come from somewhere.
At this time, with the technology we have, I guess I prefer not to tap it, because it is a small amount of oil and why cause damage if we don't have to? But as far as the principal of drilling, I'm not 100% necessarily against it.
I don't feel very coherent this morning - it's 6.45am and I'm nursing and I have a cold, but that'll do for now I guess.