For those that complain about drilling for oil in Alaska and complain about getting oil from the middle east..
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Well, Yes i agree with the rest about reducing our dependency on crude oil, and start finding some clean technology  to produce energy, the solution lies in various methods.\n\na) developed countries should promote industries or companies with incentives to  switch over to solar energy or wind power.\n\nb) countries must make optimum  use of tidal energy( energy created through tides at seashores) to produce energy in a industrial level.\n\nc)hydro electric although is second most exploited source, the full potential is not fully tapped yet, countries around the world should utilise it to the optimum level.\n\nd) Developed countries as well as developing countries must set aside a certain percentage of thier budget to set up clean energy such as setting up wind mills,to generate power\n\ne) Nuclear energy is still a disputed energy as it involves  potential risk of exposure to radiation, and its high cost o f operations,Yet the energy produced outweight all odds, it \nproduces enormous energy with little fuel.\n \nf) Countries should fast track the process  of finding an efficient alternative to Petrol(gasoline) or Diesel as Automobile fuel, right now the research is on hydrogen fuel cells , which seems promising, Yet the research lacks impetus from most of the developed nations.\ne) Countries (developed& developing) should start untilizing the Bio-deisel extraction process in massive scale,( that is extraction of Ethenol which can be got extracted from certain plants and certain seeds). The use of Ethenol will ease the stress on crude oil.
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Russia wanted Middle East oil alright, but they did it through legally negotiated contracts.  You know, *capitalism*, the thing the US claims to promote?  Then along comes the US, invading Iraq and tearing up legal contracts by forcing a puppet Iraqi government to sell oil (at a cut rate) to the US, effectively stealing Iraq's oil.\n\nMeanwhile, the US does nothing about Israel's well documented nuclear weapons yet makes a big deal out of a non-existent threat from Iran.  If any country in the Middle East _would_ use a nuclear weapon against another country, it's Israel.  Just look at the last 50 years of US-paid atrocities they've perpetrated.  \n\nAnd don't forget, the Gulf Stream goes west to east, so the radiation from an Israeli nuclear weapon would land on a half-dozen islamic countries plus China and India. \n\nIf you think Israel isn't that callous about other people's lives, ask the Lebanese about the million or more cluster bombs left unexploded in their country.  The US and Israel have refused to supply any money to defuse and remove those bombs; instead, Lebanon and the UN will spend billions of dollars clearing land over the next decade.\n\nAnd by the by, it was the US government which posted, on the internet, the technical specifications for building a nuclear weapon.  For more than TWO WEEKS, US government scientists protested and pleaded for the information to be taken off the website.  The Shrub Whitehouse said "No".\n\nDoes anyone _really_ believe anymore that Shrub _isn't_ working collectively with Osama?  (The Shrub and bin Laden families have been doing business for 20 years.)\n\n\n.
760786
Geopolitically the industrialized world is totally dependant on oil from the Middle East.  There is no industrialized nation that does not have in their national interest the seeking of a guarantee that there must be an uninterrupted flow of oil into their nation.  They all hover around the Middle East like moths to a light, ever manipulating, bribing, arming, trading, selling technology, whatever it takes, to buddy up with the Sheiks.  Use simple "rule out" and you find there are many countries with worse dictators and political systems around the world that we have not, or would ever consider invading to "set those people free."  It is  only because there is oil in Iraq that we even know where they are on the map!  It is hard, but it is true.
228907
America is in "Arabia" because some idiots decided it would be a good idea to crash planes into buildings. if America was just there for the oil, i wouldn't be paying nearly 3 dollars a gallon for gas. I don't remeber anyone from ghana being on one of the planes.
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From the very beginning of the {Bush Ad min} I have been watching the Environmental Protection Agencies & what they have to say about the Bush Administrations waste. The E.P.A. never says anything when asked how & when, & what is the Bush Admin going to do w/all of the {Fossil Fuels} that he wants to waste in no time flat. It would auctually Cost the American Tax Payer a whole lot more money to build & Pay off the Alaskan Citizens w/incentives from those {Revenues form all that Oil}At the same time the Carribue Herd in Alaska would be re-routed from their original (Ancient Paths that have been around before Mankind can fix a date on.Changeing the Carribue & the Natural habis of getiing around is to cruel of an act that will only be around for a short while. The Republican Party has been a cold & calculative bunch that see;s no end th their lack of vision for our very planet, & it's atmosphere.
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There's four times more discovered oil in the ground not being used than this is in currently being drilled.\n\nThere's enough oil in the United States that if it were all drilled we wouldn't need to import any oil from anyone.\n\nNext time you see some assclown liberal be sure to thank them for the $3 per gallon gas.
196860
Ofcourse there is. The US oil wells are running dry now. Oil companies need to buy new wells and hence look for other geographical locations. Oil is the only reason for wars by US led in the Gulf or Asia.
655947
Well, i've been thinking about this for a long time.  \nWell, look at the Persian Gulf.  Most of our oil comes from that region, the Saudi, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq area.  Follow the Persian Gulf down a bit and you come to a very thing narrow strip of water that connects it to the Indian OCean.  This strait is called the Strait of Hormuz.  If you can block this strait with water mines or something like that, the world will buckle down as it can't get most of it's oil.  \nmake your demands, make me rich, and happily ever after.
1057241
2 nations and a US state pay and do not tax their people\nI know it's oil; but oil is just 1 commodity and there are thousands of commidities that can used instead  with all the commodities in your state what the excuse for not paying you?  With all the resources of the feds why can't they pay 50 times what Alaska pays?
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Nothing. They're not the first nor will they be the last, unfortunately. One of the guys "Menchaca" is from my home-town. I'm very upset about it but what can the military do? They're following Bush's orders. To think it's all for the oil.
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Because Liberals are gonna be like "oooh!!! You're so selfish!!"  \n \nDuh-we NEED that oil.  Are people brain-dead?  Can you imagine all the lay-offs there would be in the airlining business?  Or the overall economy of the U.s?  ANd they already won't let us drill up in Alaska (I love seals and polar bears...but...)
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in Alaska if they had oil
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Drilling ANWR and offshore areas that have been restricted by ecowhacks is simply a matter of looking at what is truly in the best interests of this country.. \n\nthe proposed drilling area in ANWR consists of a 2000 acre plot of land, no bigger then 4 square miles in an area the size of California. \n\nThe logistics of refining and transport exist as the trans-alaska pipeline from Prudhoe to the Kenai, it's likely the TAP would at this time be adequate to handle any potential increase in volume. \nAs far as drilling in the reserve the impact on the surround water is minimal at well. If one looks at the geology of the area, ground water is generally surficial sources. Drilling of oil occurs at depth, pumped to the surface (IN a pipe) and put IN another pipe. \n\nHow drilling ANWR effect crude prices? Well that is a situation that I don't think we can truly answer. The fact is oil prices are tied to global consumption. The chinese entering the free market has dramatically changed the economics if precious minerals. \n\nHow it does effect the US economy is we are drilling in an area that is politically stable contrary to the middle east. I for one think in order to insure we are not influenced by factors outside the US we should not be dependent on sources of goods from outside the US. A very large portion of our trade deficit is for oil from Mexico, Venezuela and the Arabian penisula.\n\nHighlights of HR 5429:\n• Limits surface development to 2000 acres of the 10-02 Area;\n• Establishes a leasing program for the 10-02 Area; \n• Repeals prohibition of oil and gas leasing on federal and native lands in the10-02 Area;\n• Allows the establishment of 45,000 acres in the 10-02 Area to be designated “Special Areas” of unique or sensitive importance;\n• Sets a 200,000 acre minimum lease size;\n• Requires the first sale to be 22 months after enactment;\n• Establishes a “project labor agreement” for all lessees;\n• Requires site environmental analysis for each lease, and compliance with all Federal and State environmental codes;\n• Requires use of “best commercially available technology” for development;\n• Splits revenue 50-50 between State and Federal Governments;\n• Sets up an “Impact Aid” and “Community Service” program to any Alaskan community that can demonstrate impacts from development.\n\n Only 8% of ANWR Would Be Considered for Exploration Only the 1.5 million acre or 8% on the northern coast of ANWR is being considered for development. The remaining 17.5 million acres or 92% of ANWR will remain permanently closed to any kind of development. If oil is discovered, less than 2000 acres of the over 1.5 million acres of the Coastal Plain would be affected. That¹s less than half of one percent of ANWR that would be affected by production activity.
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Islamic countries have oil. Big transnational companies need oil so they bribe some western governments to produce lame excuses and terrorize the western public so that they can steal away oil, just like in Iraq.
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All the same!\n\nFor people who are making fun of those who claim everything is about oil. There's also this little fact:\n\nThe Alaska state constitution claims common heritage rights of ownership of oil and other minerals for the people of the state as a whole. Citizen dividend checks are distributed every year in Alaska out of the interest payments to an oil royalties deposit account called the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) created in 1976 after oil was discovered on the North Slope. The APF is a public trust fund - a diversified stock, bond and real estate portfolio - into which are deposited the oil royalties received from the corporations which extract the oil from the lands of Alaska. The first citizen dividend check from the interest of the APF was issued in 1982 and was for $1000 per every person for everyone in Alaska who had resided in the state for at least one year. Annual citizen dividends have been issued every year since then, for a total of more than $23,000 per person. \n\nIn 2003, each of the nearly 600,000 Alaska US citizens (residents of Alaska for at least one year) received a check for $1,107 from the APF. The total amount dispersed was $663.2 million. The $25 billion investment fund's core experienced stock market losses which led to the dividend's decline this past year compared to the several previous years. The amount was $433 less, a 28 percent drop from the 2002 pay out of $1,540, and a 44 percent decrease from the all-time high of $1,964 in year 2000. The amount changes based on a five-year average of APF investment income derived from the bonds, stock dividends, real estate and other investments. \n\nAlaska relies on oil for about 80 percent of its revenue and has no sales or income tax. Alaska state government is mandated to invest 25% of its oil revenue into the APF while the other 75% of oil royalty revenue is dispersed to other government funds to finance education, infrastructure and social services. If 100% of Alaska's oil royalties had been deposited into the APF, it is conceivable that the CD this year could have been about $4,400 or $17,600 for a family of four. But then there would have been no funds for roads, education and other public services and no funds available to run the state legislature - a libertarian dream fulfillment or a social and economic disaster, which one we will never know. If state services were to have been maintained while 100% of oil royalties were deposited in the APF, there would of course have been the need for income, sales and other taxes on wages and production. \nSource(s):\nhttp://www.earthrights.net/docs/oilrent.... \n\nOil is just 1 of thousands of commodities, with all the thousands of commidities in your state why aren't you getting paid?\n\nWith feds resources why can't feds pay 50 times better than Alaska?\n\nKuwait pays this way $58,000 y no rent, utilities, phone, hospital bills\nDubia pays this way\nNorway I've heard has a similar system\nI hear Nigeria is working on doing this\n\nHOW FAR WILL YOU, YOUR KIDS, AND GRANDCHILDREN GET LEFT BEHIND IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE IF THE US DOES START A SYSTEM OF THIS KIND FOR THE US PEOPLE?\n\nARE WE TO BE PAUPER THIRD CLASS WORLD CITIZENS WHEN YOUR GRANDCHILDREN START TO WORK?\n\nDO WE SLIDE FROM THE RICHEST NATION TO THE POOREST IN YOUR LIFETIME BECAUSE YOU LACK THE COURAGE, NERVE, OR BACKBONE TO TAKE ACTION NOW WHEN IT'S NEEDED?\n\nVOTE! VOTE FOR ANYONE BUT DEMS OR REPS!\nTHEY ARE IN POWER AND HAVE THE CONTROL THEY MUST BEAR ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISMANAGEMENT!
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Quite simply NO that is not true.  There is plenty of oil and gas left.  Enough to last your lifetime and probably most of your kids lifetime.  However, the rate at which countries like China and India and other emerging economies are growing there is going to a strain on current levels of production.  This is why there is a huge amount of activity in the exploration and drilling sector right now, we see this future demand and are working to compensate.  However there are countries like the USA and Britian that consume much more than they produce, and the majority of their fields are depleted or on the down hill slope.  This is why they must forge alliances, you didn't think they fight these wars just in the name of freedom, but that's another question.  This is also why Bush has given the go ahead to drill in Alaska.  We know where almost all the oil and gas is, now it's just a matter of getting it out of the ground.  But we don't want to flood the market, because then everyone will think they can use as much as they want.  Then there is the politics, pipelines,environment,etc.  It's a delicate balance.  Any way, Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of hydrocarbons and still has the largest reserves.  Canada has the second largest reserves, but it is hard to produce because it is mostly tar sands.  Iran is third(friendly with China), Kuwait is fourth, Iraq is fifth(soon to be friendly with USA) others among top ten Nigeria, Venesuala, and others I remember off the top of my head.  In the future alternative fuels will have to be researched and put into common use.  Some of these we see already, such as hybrid cars, fuel cells, corn oil,processed fish fat can burn in diesel engines.  Nuclear fuel will be used for everyday power, solar power is not practical, takes up to much room, wind power is only practical on a small scale, and they need to be where it's windy, and since you lose power when it travels down lines, only windy places can utilize wind turbines.  My personal favorite is hyrogen power.  Although to volitile with current technology, it is abundant, powerful, and emission free.  By product is pure water.  All these will come to be as future governments covet what's left of the natural resources and we think about the environment a little more.  But there will be oil and gas to heat your homes and run your cars for many years to come.  So long as you got the money to fill the tank.
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yes i do think that way coz it is mail&#92;nly wanting the oil found in the middle east. n also that an estimation proves that after 30 years to cum, there will be no oil anywhere around the world. therefore the US is trying to put its policies on the midle east to get the oil from them!!!!