Comments on: Romney Would Open Oil Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness

By: JEAN

JEAN — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:09:55 +0000

THESE HEAVY CONSUMERS MUST MAKE UP THEIR MINDS WHICH WAY THEY WANT THINGS TO HAPPEN. EITHER THEY STOP USING SO MUCH OF THE PRODUCT, OR ALLOW DRILLING IN ALASKA. WHICH IS IT?

By: JEAN

JEAN — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:09:55 +0000

THESE HEAVY CONSUMERS MUST MAKE UP THEIR MINDS WHICH WAY THEY WANT THINGS TO HAPPEN. EITHER THEY STOP USING SO MUCH OF THE PRODUCT, OR ALLOW DRILLING IN ALASKA. WHICH IS IT?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:05:28 +0000

Read the Factcheck article:

http://www.factcheck...

I agree that most Alaskans want to drill there, the reality is that it wouldn't last very long at current U.S. consumption rates.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:46:44 +0000

You didn't burst nothin' my post was about the actual supply of oil in Alaska.

We have only 3% of the world's supply.

I said nothing about the wildlife or open spaces.

My post was more about people's statements that conclude that if we opened Alaskan drilling, all our oil needs would be met.

It doesn't appear to be that way. Try again and thanks for playing.

By: Sourdough Sam

Sourdough Sam — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:55:38 +0000

Sorry to burst your bubble The truth of the matter is Alaskans DO want oil exploration to continue and as to the caribou and other critters they know as well as any person living here, the state is huge and most folks have trouble just conceptualizing the land area involved. We also make sure the developers think about the environment when they build and operate. You may think the place is crowded with wildlife but there are a lot of areas where you would have a hard time finding them. Most of it is where they want to drill.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:02:29 +0000

I think its time to ... stop talking about oil independence.

Factcheck.org has some figures on what it would take to become energy independent, including this one from 2004 in an article titled:

"Kerry and Bush Mislead Voters With Promises of Energy Independence"

from the article: "Bush supports expanded drilling in Alaska to increase domestic oil supply, but the US has only about 3 percent of the world's oil reserves. At current rates of consumption that would only last 4.5 years."

So that was 4 years ago...

if we had drained all our oil reserves at the time the statements were made, we'd have about a half a year until that was gone

(according to BP's Statistical Review of World Energy).

http://www.factcheck...

By: David

David — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:48:03 +0000

Romney can stop stagflation We've seen in the news today (December 14th) that stagflation, a stagnating economy plus high inflation due largely to high fuel costs, is a real possibility in the near future. Romney understands that we HAVE to develop new sources of fuel to mean increasing demand. That is the only way to decrease the price of fuel and prevent the inflation caused by higher fuel costs.

Plus Romney understands that developing our own fuel sources will free us of Venezuela, Iran, and Russia. That's critical to our national security.

By: Sourdough Sam

Sourdough Sam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You didn’t burst nothin’ my post was about the actual supply of oil in Alaska.

We have only 3% of the world’s supply.

I said nothing about the wildlife or open spaces.

My post was more about people’s statements that conclude that if we opened Alaskan drilling, all our oil needs would be met.

It doesn’t appear to be that way. Try again and thanks for playing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read the Factcheck article:

http://www.factcheck...

I agree that most Alaskans want to drill there, the reality is that it wouldn't last very long at current U.S. consumption rates.