I am proud of many things in America. However, I am probably most proud about our National Parks and natual areas. I understand the risk of reliance on foreign oil, but drilling in ANWR is not going to solve our problems.
So it was with more than a little relief that I read that the recent election losses by the Republicans means that the House has cancelled the plans for oil drilling in the ANWR.
House Republican leaders were forced to jettison a plan for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska on Wednesday night to save a sweeping spending bill, a concession that came one day after the party suffered significant election loses.
In dropping the drilling plan and a second provision, on coastal exploration, the leadership was trying to win over moderates in the party to enhance the chances of winning initial approval on Thursday of more than $50 billion in spending cuts demanded by House conservatives. But the decision is likely to meet objections from the Senate, where senior lawmakers are insisting on the drilling plan, a priority for President Bush.
C’mon Bush. Bring ANWR drilling to a vote and we’ll see you lose AGAIN.
America needs to go on a diet.
An energy diet.
A food diet.
America must invest in renewable energy solutions. Not more concessions to the oil and petroleum lobby.
House Shelves Alaska Drilling in Budget Fight – New York Times
Good news indeed!
Are they the same plans that the Sierra club, http://www.sierraclub.org/arctic/maps, were campaigning against?
America must invest in renewable energy solutions.
I don’t remember who it was, but recently I read a comment that America needs to make an effort equivalent to an “Apollo Program” for renewable energy.
I’m aligned with Gen here, mostly (although ANWR drilling isn’t all that big a deal).
My view, though, is that renewable energy means only one thing in the long run: nukes. Fission now, and fusion later.
Everything else has an unreasonably broad enviro. impact. Wind, tides and solar energy all interfere with “natural” energy flows and have unforseeable consequences. Nukes are more or less self contained, and don’t have a major pollution issue. Fusion, of course, is the panacea, and my view is that this is where the Manhattan / Apollo project should be directed.
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