The surest way to get the drilling started in ANWR is for oil prices to

[heidler1]

rise. The real fear for big oil is declining prices and thus losing money on the deal.

[uppityperson]

1. I thought ANWR oil is too heavy for gasoline type oil?

It would help with heating oil, but too heavy for gasoline.

[nickinSTL]

3. maybe, but do you think most Americans know that?

the Bush Admin and the oil companies are betting they don't...and that they'll support drilling to try to bring down the cost of gas...:mad:

[uppityperson]

4. No, I don't. Had this conversation yesterday with a anti-bushite

that the reason gas prices were so high was because environmentalists didn't want to drill in AK because they were afraid some caribou would get hurt. sigh. Gotta keep educating them, one at a time, hoping it will be in time.

[liberal N proud]

2. I have been saying this for weeks

They didn't get their way, They wanted ANWAR and federal land for oil exploration.
Since the numerous attempts to get it passed through congress, they figure, raise the price of oil, make the people yell and scream.
Then at some point someone will say, If we only can drill in Alaska then we will be able to supply oil to keep prices from rising further. They will never lower them.

Another thing, the China is consuming so much more oil it bull shit also, they are not consuming that much more.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. From what I understand

any potential ANWR oil was slated for export to China anyway. I could be wrong.

[liberal N proud]

6. That is where all the oil from Alaska goes now

from what I understand

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Here is what the Congressional Research Service says...

It could be all lies, though. Who knows? This is as of May last year.


As a reaction to oil price and supply concerns, questions about the export of crude oil produced on Alaska's North Slope are often directed at Members of Congress. The export of this oil had been prohibited by the 1973 law allowing the construction of the pipeline system now transporting oil to the ice-free, southern Alaska port of Valdez. But following a period of depressed oil prices, legislation was enacted in 1995 permitting export. Relatively small amounts -- never more than 7% --of Alaskan crude were sold to Korea, Japan, China, and some other countries. These exports stopped by 2000. Currently, no crude is exported from the West Coast. Ownership of Alaskan oil fields has changed. BP Amoco and Arco merged in May 2000, and as part of this transaction, Arco's one-third stake was sold to Phillips. BP Amoco is using the formerly exported crude in California refineries acquired in the Arco deal. And Phillips (now part of ConocoPhillips) exports no Alaskan oil and has said it has no plans to do so. The crude oil export issue keeps recurring, especially in West Coast states, where gasoline prices have been higher than in the rest of the nation. Concerns about exports contributing to regional fuel price differentials have been voiced, and opponents of oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) fear oil production from this environmentally sensitive area could be exported. This report will not be updated.


:shrug:

[spanone]

7. Our beloved Repuke congress has tied 100 giveaway to ANWR

These are criminal persons, fundamentally ethnically corrupt.

~snip~ Besides a $100-per-family rebate, the Republican senators' package calls for giving the administration new authority to raise fuel-efficiency standards; spending $1.1 billion on alternative-fuels research and $1.8 billion on hybrid-vehicle research; opening part of the wildlife refuge for drilling, and subjecting oil companies to tougher scrutiny.
~snip~

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/washington/27cnd-gas.html?hp&ex=1146196800&en=493b231ce6e7df8a&ei=5094&partner=homepage