I'm listening to Republicans, Rep Mary Fallin (R-OK) and Rep John Boehner (R-OH), say things like Bill Clinton vetoed the bill to allow drilling in ANWR in 1995 saying it would be 10 years till we saw any of the oil and now the 10 years is long gone and we still don't have the oil.
As if the 5% of domestic consumption we'd get from ANWR for 10 years would make the difference in oil prices. Oil then was $13 a barrel, it's now $130. Estimates are that it might bring the price of a barrel down about 50 cents. I actually think I'd be ok with drilling there if it was part of a plan to get us off oil use, but it's bull to suggest that opening ANWR is the cause or solution to our problems.
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