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ANWR – Drill It
The argument about ANWR comes down to 2,000 acres. That might seem like a lot of land at first glance, but ANWR itself is roughly 19.0 million acres and 17.5 of that is absolutely permanently closed to development.
And further, look at that map – it’s the northern most part of Alaska. It’s not the gorgeous part of ANWR that the media loves to show pictures of. In fact, it’s literally like a level of Hell in Dante’s Inferno. These 2,000 acres are flat, tree-less and it reaches about -110 degrees fahrenheit with wind chill during the winter. Did someone have better plans for this area? A park or tourist area?
Indeed, back in the 80s – before Illogical Environmentalist was chic – the Washington Post editorial board is credited with saying ANWR is:
one of the bleakest, most remote places on this continent, and there is hardly any other where drilling would have less impact on surrounding life. . . .
Translated into the vernacular: Common haircuts do more permanent damage than what is being proposed for going into ANWR to drill for oil.
For more on domestic drilling in the OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) click here.
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