Drilling in Anwar
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"Blue, what exactly are the disadvantages of drilling in ANWR? I realize you said that we need to ween ourselves off of fossil fuels, pursue alternative energy, and save poor Mother Nature, but what are the downsides to actually drilling there? I can list numerous advantages. "
Always the rhetorician, no? When did I say we need to "save poor mother nature"? Let's see what I said:
"I would like humanity to continue to thrive - and to paraphrase Lincoln - I could care less if we do it with or without the spotted owl, but on the current path we'll be not thriving and killing the spotted owl or whatever tree hugger mascot you would like to stick here. I'm not for mother nature - who has done and will do her best to fuck us up at every turn - I'm for humans and creating the best conditions in which we can hold off natures wild swings."
Please, I'm sorry I missed where I said "save poor mother nature". Please highlight that for me.
The disadvantages to drilling there, besides environmental costs and better use of capital in developing cleaner sources of energy,as noted in my note are the long lead times to get the infrastructure up and running 'til the point the resources there actually become profitable.
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