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"Senate endorses oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge'
2005-11-03, 11:54 PM #1
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/anwr.drilling.ap/index.html

Quote:
The Senate insisted Thursday on opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling after being blocked by environmentalists for decades, then voted overwhelmingly to prohibit exporting any of the oil pumped from the region.



Interesting news, to be sure.
2005-11-04, 12:01 AM #2
Put "Alaska" and "Oil" in the same thread title, and rabid debating is sure to ensue. lets watch!
"Guns don't kill people, I kill people."
2005-11-04, 12:01 AM #3
Debating about it is fine, I don't care. 75% of the purpose of this thread is to just let people know who otherwise wouldn't find out by other sources.
2005-11-04, 12:03 AM #4
I can't stand you liberals. Don't you know oil drilling is GOOD for the environment?

Yeesh.
2005-11-04, 12:03 AM #5
Can't stand them over dramatizing how bad it is too..

The funny thing is that people will ***** about this then complain that nothing is being done about gas prices.
Pissed Off?
2005-11-04, 12:11 AM #6
I can't stand you ultra-right wing conservative wackos who want to permanently scar our beautiful country to fuel your war-mongering!!! :mad:

...you know, if you ignore the ridiculous exaggerations, Thrawn, we're more likely to be on the other side, no?

I realize that made no sense, it's 2am, forgive me. I'm tired.
2005-11-04, 12:14 AM #7
I'm sorry, I don't know what you just said. :)
2005-11-04, 12:39 AM #8
Originally posted by saberopus:
I can't stand you ultra-right wing conservative wackos who want to permanently scar our beautiful country to fuel your war-mongering!!! :mad:

...you know, if you ignore the ridiculous exaggerations, Thrawn, we're more likely to be on the other side, no?

I realize that made no sense, it's 2am, forgive me. I'm tired.



You're guilty of what Thrawn was joking about.
Pissed Off?
2005-11-04, 3:30 AM #9
Quote:
The funny thing is that people will ***** about this then complain that nothing is being done about gas prices.

i won't believe the two have anything to do with each other until someone can prove to me GW isn't becoming richer and richer by the second because of the high price of gas (oil).
GW can do something about the price of gas but it would slow down his portfolio and we wouldn't want that. our fearfull leader said he wouldn't do something about the price of gas because he shouldn't interfere with the free market. the only free market is his gas because we the tax payers pay for it. that **** hasn't paid for gas since he started in politics.
with a trillion barrels of oil in alberta they can leave alaska alone and bring the price of gas down to a reasonable level. trouble is they can do whatever they want because they make all these claims as to why the price of gas is so high and we just have to either believe them or not.

it's ****ing bull**** but that's life in the fast lane.
2005-11-04, 3:36 AM #10
Gas prices do not concern me.

I dont give a flying f*** if you car drivers loose money, learn to get off your arse and cycle or use public transport.

The type who get a hard on for more oil, and would destroy nature to get to it, are the people I will make it my buisness to kill horribly when I become an EcoTerrorist .[/COLOR]

Ruthven is angry

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2005-11-04, 6:02 AM #11
Originally posted by Ruthven:
Gas prices do not concern me.

I dont give a flying f*** if you car drivers loose money, learn to get off your arse and cycle or use public transport.

The type who get a hard on for more oil, and would destroy nature to get to it, are the people I will make it my buisness to kill horribly when I become an EcoTerrorist .[/COLOR]

Ruthven is angry

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:




Yay Ruth!

People need to learn the advantage of using the bus/train.
nope.
2005-11-04, 6:44 AM #12
[QUOTE=Darth Evad]with a trillion barrels of oil in alberta they can leave alaska alone and bring the price of gas down to a reasonable level.[/QUOTE]
You have no idea what you're talking about.

The trillion+ barrels of oil in Alberta is tied up in tarsands. The only company with the technology to extract it is Syncrude, but it's a painfully slow and inefficient process. It's not worth doing if there are liquid crude deposits somewhere, just like how underwater shale deposits are off-limits until we have no other choice.
2005-11-04, 6:49 AM #13
Originally posted by Ruthven:

The type who get a hard on for more oil, and would destroy nature to get to it, are the people I will make it my buisness to kill horribly when I become an EcoTerrorist .[/COLOR]


Yeah, such nature wildlife on these...cold, frost-covered rather barren Alaskan tundras.
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2005-11-04, 6:52 AM #14
Originally posted by Ruthven:
Gas prices do not concern me.

I dont give a flying f*** if you car drivers loose money, learn to get off your arse and cycle or use public transport.

The type who get a hard on for more oil, and would destroy nature to get to it, are the people I will make it my buisness to kill horribly when I become an EcoTerrorist .[/COLOR]

Ruthven is angry

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


I volunteer! I'm with Ruthven. Kill 'em all, I say.
ORJ / My Level: ORJ Temple Tournament I
2005-11-04, 6:53 AM #15
Oil is better than some lame trees all right.
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2005-11-04, 6:59 AM #16
There aren't even many trees where they're drilling.
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2005-11-04, 7:00 AM #17
Hmm. Well then.

Oil is better than some lame snow all right.
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2005-11-04, 7:00 AM #18
Snow has feelings too. :(
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2005-11-04, 7:01 AM #19
What do you have against oil? It's because it's black... ISN'T IT?
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2005-11-04, 7:01 AM #20
Originally posted by Echoman:
Yeah, such nature wildlife on these...cold, frost-covered rather barren Alaskan tundras.

Their drilling site is a NATURE PRESERVATION. The EXACT SPOT THEY PLAN TO DRILL is a caribou spawning ground. This drilling operation will render the entire herd extinct and kill off the natives who are still surviving on them.

ACTUAL research indicates that if you extracted ALL of the oil it would only last the United States a year.
2005-11-04, 7:05 AM #21
Someone shoot GW already. plz. kthxbye. :)
ORJ / My Level: ORJ Temple Tournament I
2005-11-04, 7:06 AM #22
Originally posted by Jon`C:
Their drilling site is a NATURE PRESERVATION. The EXACT SPOT THEY PLAN TO DRILL is a caribou spawning ground. This drilling operation will render the entire herd extinct and kill off the natives who are still surviving on them.


Source?

And ORJ_JoS, we really don't need your comments.
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2005-11-04, 7:10 AM #23
Originally posted by Echoman:
Source?

And ORJ_JoS, we really don't need your comments.


I love you too. Thought some humour would cheer you guys up ;)
ORJ / My Level: ORJ Temple Tournament I
2005-11-04, 7:10 AM #24
A-ha! Ignoring my question!
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2005-11-04, 7:36 AM #25
Thank God... took them long enough.
"I'm afraid of OC'ing my video card. You never know when Ogre Calling can go terribly wrong."
2005-11-04, 10:50 AM #26
Originally posted by Echoman:
Source?

http://wwf.ca/HowYouCanHelp/DoNotDrill/caribou.asp
2005-11-04, 10:52 AM #27
I know! We can go to Mars and drill for oil there!
Stuff
2005-11-04, 7:23 PM #28
Quote:
You have no idea what you're talking about.

actually i do and you're right about the tar sands. i'm just not too happy about them drilling in alaska.
2005-11-04, 7:29 PM #29
Originally posted by Ruthven:
Gas prices do not concern me.

I dont give a flying f*** if you car drivers loose money, learn to get off your arse and cycle or use public transport.

The type who get a hard on for more oil, and would destroy nature to get to it, are the people I will make it my buisness to kill horribly when I become an EcoTerrorist .[/COLOR]

Ruthven is angry

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:



And we have the uninformed knee-jerk reaction.

Originally posted by Jon`C:
Their drilling site is a NATURE PRESERVATION. The EXACT SPOT THEY PLAN TO DRILL is a caribou spawning ground. This drilling operation will render the entire herd extinct and kill off the natives who are still surviving on them.

ACTUAL research indicates that if you extracted ALL of the oil it would only last the United States a year.



You folks made the same beef about the oil line. After they put that in, the caribou population trippled. You do realize that animals can co-exist with people. They're not going to turn the entire are into an industrial city you know.
2005-11-04, 7:30 PM #30
You act as if they are going to burn down all the trees and kill all the animals before they go in and start drilling. That's hardly the case because drilling technology has improved a whole lot. The oil compaines are aware that they have to be more envorinmanetally friendly these days, so they are.

Don't get me wrong. I think we're going to be running short of oil within the next 100 years at most. We should be working on alternative fuels, but the fact is we still need oil these days

Originally posted by Jon`C:
http://wwf.ca/HowYouCanHelp/DoNotDrill/caribou.asp


That shows that the caribou go there. It doesn't show that an oil rig will disrupt their breeding.
Pissed Off?
2005-11-04, 7:46 PM #31
Because, you know, I'm sure the caribou will get there and say "Oh man. Can't do any breeding with this here." I'm sure they'll just halt everything because an oil well is taking up a few acres of land.
Life is beautiful.
2005-11-04, 7:48 PM #32
why don't we just hire the caribou as oil rig workers

i bet they work cheap
2005-11-04, 7:51 PM #33
For a couple bails of hay a week!
Pissed Off?
2005-11-04, 8:37 PM #34
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
Hmm. Well then.

Oil is better than some lame snow all right.



Can't you like convert that snow into oil or whatever?

:p
2005-11-04, 8:41 PM #35
But then the environmentalists will set up Caribou labor unions.
2005-11-04, 8:43 PM #36
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
But then the environmentalists will set up Caribou labor unions.


Oh, heaven forbid the caribou make a decent wage. :rolleyes:
2005-11-04, 9:04 PM #37
Originally posted by Jon`C:
This drilling operation will render the entire herd extinct and kill off the natives who are still surviving on them.


Do you seriously believe that?
2005-11-04, 9:39 PM #38
[QUOTE=Rogue Leader]Because, you know, I'm sure the caribou will get there and say "Oh man. Can't do any breeding with this here." I'm sure they'll just halt everything because an oil well is taking up a few acres of land.[/QUOTE]

Yay
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2005-11-04, 9:53 PM #39
See? They're all DYING
2005-11-04, 9:57 PM #40
Originally posted by 'Thrawn[numbarz:
']See? They're all DYING


Like your love life?

*rimshot* [/color]
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