Rep. Pombo pitches 'ridiculous alternatives' to Alaska drilling

[Kadie]

Rep. Pombo pitches 'ridiculous alternatives' to Alaska drilling
Friday, September 23, 2005

BY ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Want to buy a national park? Get a deal to drill for oil off the coastline?

Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., is proposing to sell off such assets to make a point about worse alternatives to drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, his spokesman said Friday.

The proposals have raised the ire of Democrats and environmentalists.

The House Resources Committee, which Pombo chairs, must produce a bill showing how it can save $2.4 billion over five years. It's part of a process in which congressional committees are being told to generate savings to help Republican congressional leaders cut the deficit.

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"This isn't a wild proposal from some back bencher. This is headed for the House budget bill," said Philip Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust. "Instead of cutting pork projects, U.S. Rep. Pombo would rather sell parks and national monuments."


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[DemInDistress]

1. Let's revive the Hemp Industry

Hemp for energy,Hemp for paper,Hemp for wood,Hemp for food,Hemp for
synthetics i.e. nylon,plastics...Hemp has been an integral part of the United States since the colonial days..Its time for a comeback.
All the aforementioned products plus 1,000 other uses for Hemp is
my idea to compete with Big Expensive Oil...And Hemp is enviorn-
mentally friendly....Selling National Parks,Drilling in Alaska are
nut job possibilities.

[Lindacooks]

2. That's a logical fallacy, common for Repukes.

The choice isn't between drilling in Alaska or drilling in national parks or right off coastlines.

There are many more choices including conservation, making more efficient cars, creating alternative energies.

[roguevalley]

3. how about selling HIS sorry ass? Leave ANWR alone. We're going

down the fucking tubes fast enough without drilling in the last wilderness in the world.