ANWR - Geography 101
July 10, 2008
ANWR: Artic National Wildlife Refuge
In the next few days, I’ll put in words what I (and many others) have known for some time now.
SOMETHING must be done, not only to reduce our energy dependence in the world; but also to help Americans out at the fuel pump.
SOMETHING should have been done years ago.
Today I share the photo above and ask you to notice the yellow spot on the map. It’s small, but you should be able to find it. You’ll have to look closely though.
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Nathan,
Congressman Wilson says that Federal revenue of 60 TRILLION dollars could be raised from untapped U.S. oil reserves in the ANWR and the OCS and other federal lands (see Irmo News of 17 July). Where does he get that suspiciously high figure?. The U.S. DOE estimates economically proved recoverable oil iin the U.S. is (see http://www.eia.doe.gov./neic/quickfacts/quickoil) about 21 billion barrels which I think would calculate to about 3 trillion dollars worth of total value (not Federal revenue value, which would be a lot less) )in today’s crude oil prices. The DOE figure is lower than the figure the U.S. Minerals Management Service gives because the MMS figure is a very high technically recoverable crude oil number which is not economically feasible to produce and which is not proved.
Also do you think there should be a law banning sale of U.S. produced oil to foreign countries? All oil is now sold on a global market place.
It appears to be political gimmickry to suggest we will pay less for gasoline if we drill more in the U.S.
Emphasis needs to be placed on development of alternate energy sources, conservation, and effciency. Do you support incentives for these programs? Also, what do you think is the purpose of a wildlife refuge?
Thanks.
Chester, thanks for posting!
I think a wildlife refuge (the size of what is pictured in ANWAR) can survive drilling because the drilling would be in the “coastal plain”. Particularily when techology today allows for less intrusion/space required for the drilling.
I just wonder where we’d be if we had drilled 30 years ago.
Who knows?