A frozen tundra of ice (ANWR) has 1.9 million acres and we need to explore and drill 2000 of those acres to provide 30 years of oil! More than 75% of Alaskans support this effort. There will be zero impact on wildlife, jobs will be created and a large tax revenue would be generated! The very next day after we begin drilling in Alaska the oil prices will instantly begin to fall, instantly! RFK Jr. and the Sierra Clubs of the world and more importantly, the Dems, need to step aside for the betterment of our country!

(OM)It is pretty pathetic that we can't get a bill passed to drill an area comparable in size to a postage stamp on a football field!!! This would give us the equivalent to all the oil we import from Saudi Arabia. People are always saying we need other methods, this is it! We have been talking about it since 1980. What has been done? The area being contested is NOT a wildlife refuge, there are roads, a school and a military base on site. I hardly think a few oil wells are going to affect wildlife or the way of life in this massive area! The pros FAR outweigh the cons here folks! It reminds me of the alaskan pipeline debate in that it would be killing off the caribu. Before the pipeline there were 5000 in the herd, currently it stands at 30000. Where is the argument here? I agree that we need to find ways to become less dependent on foreign oil. More pressure needs to be put on the Saudis in the short term to increase production, so prices can come down here in the states. Long term solutions needs to be alternate sources of energy, as many have already stated, more efficient refineries and alternate drilling sites within the U.S.