Ok one more post. I found this on MN Democrats exposed blog and thought it was interesting,http://minnesotademocratsexposed.com/.
This is one of the few items I disagree with senator Coleman on. I think we need to be drilling in Alaska at the anwr site.
DFL LAUNCHES FALSE ATTACK ON COLEMAN'S ANWR VOTE
The lies:"'Sen. Coleman broke his promise and caved to Republican Party leaders,' said State Chairman Brian Melendez. 'He seemed to have conviction about the sanctity of ANWR, right up until the chips were down.'" Source: Associated Press, December 22, 2005The facts:Norm Coleman has voted against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) every time it has come up and he will continue to vote against it.Had there been a vote on drilling in ANWR, Coleman would have voted against it. He even stated he would have voted against the Defense Appropriations Bill because drilling in ANWR had been included in the bill.Coleman voted for cloture on the Defense Appropriations Bill, which simply meant that debate would end on the bill and it would go to the floor of the Senate for an up or down vote. Coleman later voted to strip the ANWR provision from the Defense Approptiations Bill."'I'm pleased I had a chance to cast a vote to strip ANWR,' Coleman said in an interview late Wednesday night. 'And I'm pleased we were able to pass a defense bill without ANWR.'" Source: Associated Press, December 22, 2005
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not surprising that you'd support the ANWR drilling project...however, there are a lot of things most don't know about how long it will take to get that oil out of the ground and what actually happens to it once it's been pumped.
before you pledge your full on support, consider this...
Aside from the obvious ecological and environmental ramifications that will be incurred...
The ANWR drilling project will take, at a minimum, 7-9 years to establish just the infrastructure needed to begin drilling. This means, they would have had to go in and start construction on the project back in 1996 to even be close to drilling today. They have to build hundreds of miles of roads, pipelines, electric and water services, and support buildings.
So...even if they were to get the vote to go ahead and drill, it would be a good decade before they're even able to pump so much as a drop of oil out of the region.
The second thing that most don't know is...Of all the oil that is taken out of Alaska, the continental US sees at best about 5-10%...the rest is shipped to Asia (China and Japan, mostly)...
how will that oil help OUR situation NOW (when we need it) when A.) it will take a good decade to even be able to start drilling and B.)we will see very little, if any oil at all?
You can't change the time factor...there is absolutely NOTHING in that area of Alaska but grassland and wildlife...THe destination of that oil may be changed, but given the big oil companies stranglehold over the market, that's not very likely...
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