ANWR oil: not going anywhere, not perishable

[LuckyTheDog]

Ya know... If I really thought it was going to be the answer to our energy problems and enhance our national security in a meaningful way, that would be one thing. But nobody really believes that.
The elephant in the room on this issue is that the fight really is about wilderness -- and whether or not it is proper to ever set it aside and make it untouchable for development. The right wing doesn't want that. And it sees a chance to advance its case by pushing ANWR drilling.

But look, that oil is not going anywhere. It won't spoil. And every year we let it stay there, the better chance we have of recovering it safely or developing alternatives. Yet the GOP insists on treating it like a carton of milk sitting in the back seat of the car on an August day.

I get impatient about debates like this that serve mainly to distract people from real issues and to advance unrelated agendas.

The Senate was fend off the right's relentless war on ANWR and environmentalism. Now can we have a REAL debate about energy independence... please?

[MSgt213]

1. Something is seriously wrong with people who think that ANWR drilling

is going to save us from anything. The only thing that is going to save us is relieving our dependence on oil foreign or domestic. Drilling in ANWR is simply not a realistic answer because there isn't enough oil there to make a difference.

[Mr.Green93]

2. ANWR oil will belong to China soon.

They will call in their one trillion dollars of debt and offer to take ANWR oil in exchange. The U.S. will have no choice but to take the deal.