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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:51 AM Original message |
The one issue that worries me is the price of gas and the |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. How about the fact that ANWR doesn't have enough oil.... |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly, and |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It is a fact that the RW disputes and the media presents it as |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not to mention that apparently the earliest it could get to market is |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. how about the fact that the cost of drilling ANWAR makes it prohibitively |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Drilling in ANWR today would lower the price of gas by $0.02 per gallon 20 years from now. MAYBE. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Or dump your freaking car altogether.... |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here are some much better ideas: |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Good Lord, what are you |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well, Chief, there's a lot of good talking points for your relatives! Just |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. They can put away $0.02 in their piggy bank for every gallon of gas they buy today... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Remember what happened to the off-shore oil platforms during Katrina? |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Uh, nothing? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. A bunch of them were blown around and had to shut down. IIRC, one even ran aground. n/t |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Right. Nothing. You don't expect them to run in a hurricane, do you?... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I remember, as a kid, going swimming on Miami Beach and coming home with gobs of tar on my feet. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. REMINDER: Katrina oil spills may be among worst on record (113 offshore platforms destroyed) |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. drilling in ANWR will not alleviate the problem |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Drilling ANWR is a pork-barrel corporate welfare project. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Tell them the oil in ANWAR i only equal to six months of US oil usage. |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. I actually agree with this, but on the other hand... |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's my point. I am not advocating drilling but there is an |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. There's really nothing to argue *for*... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Drilling in ANWAR or anywhere will not solve the problem. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. There needs to be more talk about nuclear |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. Drilling in ANWAR would change the situation how? n/t |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. Spread a lie enough to the gullible |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. We have existing oil fields in Texas and other parts that oil companies are ignoring. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. REMINDER: Katrina oil spills may be among worst on record (113 offshore platforms destroyed) |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Do you know how long will it take for the drilling to even reduce the price of gas? |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. Drilling in ANWAR is not a solution |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The oil supplies are not an issue |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sad to say, but it is very easy to trick the American people. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. The ANWR was created to confiscate land from Alaskan people AND |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. Offshore drilling *could* cut the demand for oil by quite a bit... |
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