Should we allow Bush to tap into the ANWR Oil Reserve?

This is a opinion based question, please respect everyone's opinion. Thus, NO BASHING other people comments, just say what you think.Should we allow Bush to tap into the ANWR Oil Reserve?
Yes, we should drill in the ANWR.Should we allow Bush to tap into the ANWR Oil Reserve?
No because it would be 10 years before we see any oil from it and we need a quicker solution. All the talk about tapping into the oil in ANWR is designed to deflect attention from the fact that the Bush administration has had 8 years to head off the current problem and has done nothing. If they had spent 8 years working on alternate sources and conservation we would be OK.





And by the way, it's not the ANWR Oil Reserve; ANWR stands for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Since it isn't an oil reserve, the first part of your question is based on nonsense.





The oil is a resource that should be harvested. This 10 year argument I keep hearing from liberals is nonsense. If we had started this 10 years ago, we'd have it now. Every barrel produced domestically is that much less we have to import. The fact is that we will continue to need oil as long as we have no viable alternative on the horizon.
No. Oil companies already have millions of acres of leased land that they haven't touched. Let them go after the low hanging fruit first. It would take too long to see any benefit from drilling in ANWR.





Also, by the time they got oil out of ANWR, we could discover a different type of fuel if we invested in the research and development of alternate energies. Brazi is energy independent. Why can't the USA be the same. ( I know, I know, USA is run by the corporations for the corporations, but I can dream, can't I?)
Saying Bush would tap ANWR implies it would be nationalized oil....





But in reality it is should we allow private companies leases to drill on the land.





Oil companies have leases on lots of land but still have not broke ground. A suitable way of keeping out competitors if you ask me........





The Saudis actually stated they would increase production and prices went UP. This should make it clear that it is a speculator issue and not a supply issue.
Well, it's not actually a ';reserve'; - I mean it's not sitting there waiting for us to set up the pumps. The ANWR has all the geologic signs of oil bearing strata and experimental drilling has shown good results but it would mean a billion dollar investment with crude going online no sooner than 2018-2020.


The objection of environmentalists is the fact that the land was set aside for wild life and it's a very delicate environment that could be severely affected by not just the drilling but the whole infrastructure needed to get to the oil; roads, air strips, pipelines, rest areas, supply trails for goods being trucked in and so on.


If it were the only place available then the sacrifice might be worthwhile, but new fields are being discovered all the time, especially off the coastal waters of Central and South America.


Bear in mind also that the USA is short of refining facilities, we have depended on foreign oil for so long our domestic processing plants are already at full capacity and many are due for updating and improvement, so extra oil would not solve the supply side problem.
Yes-- I honestly don't see why we shouldn't tap into our own resources-- We had better start! The other countries will not be there for us forever... We need to start producing more of our own goods, including food and oil. It's like the south not having any industry during the Civil War-- we should have learned from them that we need something to fall back on... Plus, I think it could affect oil prices faster than people say... When Saudi Arabia upped it's oil production even a bit, we saw immediate (small, but immediate) drops in prices... I don't see why it would take ten years to affect prices.
No rather than destroy this Echo system let them drill the land they already have . this i such a joke . like off shore drilling without ships becouse they are contracted for the next five years . they don't want to drill for lots of oil and suffer a drop in oil prices . they want more land on top of the millions of acres already and to create a ruse from actually helping .the impact of ONWR is estimated at a 2 cent to 4cent drop in ten years . they have access to ten times as much oil on land ready to drill without destroying delicate wildlife systems.
I think the ANWR has potential, but, we really need a gasoline alternative within 5 years.





I get the feeling Bush's meeting with the Saudi's was already a heads-up in that we probably are fairly close to this breakthrough and he told them 'get as much as you can now, because in a few years, you'll be irrelevant to us'. Just a thought.
ANWR drilling is a moot point at this juncture..The idiots that have kept exploration in this area off limits ought to be relocated there to live...Let them eat the odd looking deer-like animals for subsistence..At least then, there would be a reason to protect the 'habitat'..As for me, I don't like venison, and certainly, we can steal OIL from somebody else.
We don't have any say in this. It's his right as President to tap into the reserves.





You really only tap into the reserves if we don't have a supply of Oil. We have plenty of oil, but have a weak dollar causing the price to jump higher than what it should be.
first it will disturb the natural habitat in the region,secondly it will take 10-15 yrs till we see any oil production, thirdly 20 billion per annum


do you think should our govt be able to take the risk under the present circumstances ?
What is our options,buy horses and buggies,depend on the Saudis for oil,I personally don't even understand why it's a question.The tree huggers need to find another country to(save),We don't even appreciate there stupidity.
Why not. the ANWR Oil Reserve is a barren area in Alaska. The oil that is currently being pumped out of there is not harming the wildlife nor the land.
Sure beats paying over four bucks a gallon for gasoline. Is it really worth a billion dollars a day so that caribou don't have to look at an oil rig?
UNLESS SOMEONE CAN COME UP WITH A WAY TO STOP THE PRICE OF OIL FROM RISING, WE WILL DRILL UP THERE SOONER OR LATER.
Because gas prices are over 4 bucks genious. Why the hell not??? How about we wait untill gas is 20 buck a gallon, then are we going to do it??? Damn tree hugers.