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  1. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 1:10 PM    link RICK B. | MARKLEYSBURG, PA

    CONSERVATION IS OF LITTLE VALUE IN THE DRIVE FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IF IT IS NOT COMBINED WITH A CONCRETE RESOLVE TO ALSO INCREASE DOMESTIC SUPPLY. THAT INCLUDES DRILLING OFFSHORE,DRILLING IN ANWR,ACCESSING OUR VAST RESERVES OF OIL SHALE AND THE LIKE. PENALIZING THOSE THAT PRODUCE OUR ENERGY AND SHACKLING THEIR ABILITY TO RETRIEVE IT, SERVES NO ONES INTERESTS EXCEPT OUR ENEMIES -BOTH FORIEGN AND DOMESTIC!!

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  3. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 12:28 PM    link Timothy and Suzanne C. | Butler, PA

    Please stop allowing the environmentalists to prevent domestic oil drilling in the Gulf, Alaska, and other areas of the US. Drilling has been blocked for the last 10 years especially, and it is now a national security issue. We are more than ever at the mercy of OPEC and with the increased demand from India and China for oil we need to establish and use our OWN supplies. Technology will allow drilling to occur with less impact on the environment than in the past. Please vote in fvor of allowing domestic drilling beofre our economy implodes.

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  5. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 12:20 PM    link nancy z. | Aliquippa, PA

    We need to drill in our own country,why should we be paying money to people who hate us and want to see the US go down in ruin;s,you people need to wake up and get America OFF foreign oil!!!!

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  7. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 10:27 AM    link Jack S. | Kent, OH

    I continually hear from the demoratic party that drilling our way out of this problem won't work because it will be 10 years before the oil will be available. The democrats continue to talk about renewable energy sources. We all want renewable energy sources. This is not mutually explusive of our need for oil. We need both!!

    What I don't hear from the news people are questions about how long it will take for the renewable sources to be up and on line so we don't need oil any longer.

    We have been burning oil for over a hundred years to get where we are today relative to fuel efficiency, electicity generation and heating. Where are we today with renewables relative to these three critical issues? When will renewables be ready to take over these issues. Someone needs to pose these questions and demand an answer. Then they need to overlay their answers on the timeline for drilling and production. I would love to see the result.

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  9. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 8:45 AM    link Craig and Susan R. | Indiana, PA

    I expect my elected officials to represent the demands of the people like me who elected them to office, that is why you are there. I want you to stop catering to special interest groups and listen to your electorate. Numerous valid polls show large majorities of people are in favor of drilling and drilling now! We want our country to start accessing our own energy resources. We demand that you pass legislation to drill off both coasts. in ANWR and the Midwest, dig for coal, build nuclear power plants and tap into our natural gas deposits. Stand up to the environmental activists, pass legislation to prevent their interfering with our energy production. This is a National emergency and needs to be addressed immediately.

    PS If you are unable to meet your job requirements (demands of your electorate) ...You can and will be replaced!

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  11. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 8:18 AM    link Christopher R. | N Huntingdon, PA

  12. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 7:53 AM    link Lori C. | walden, NY

    How much longer should we stand by as we become 90% owned by other countries? We are one disaster away from becoming a third world country. I can't possibly be the only one that sees this. If we do not start drilling ANWR right away we all should just quit our jobs, sit home and collect welfare. Most people cannot afford to drive to work now in the warm months. What are they going to do when they have to pay for heating oil and drive to work? I see this country falling apart fast and we need to take action. We are in so many different crises at one time and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Between the health crisis in this country and the economic crisis, I would not be surprised if we are considered a third world country within the next 10 years. Start drilling ANWR now and attempt to save this country that most of us love so much.

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  14. Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 7:27 AM    link EDWARD B. | NCT., OH

    IF WE DON"T DO OWER JOB WE GET FIRED. ANY QUESTIONS??????
    DEFUND THE E.P.A. SEE HOW FAST THINGS TURN AROUND.

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  16. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 11:21 PM    link Brian A. | Doylestown, OH

    Drill everywhere! Announce it and let other countries know we are serious about energy independence so they will be forced to lower cost to remain competitive and discourage our own drilling initiatives!

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  18. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 8:35 PM    link Timothy M. | Tifton, GA

    Drilling is an intricate part of a complete solution. I agree we need to conserve but if we fail to provide new stock to keep up with demand we will never get our selves out of this hole. We need to halt the rise of energy before the economy falls through and our great country will be just a thing of the past. I am a 25 year old truck driver and fuel now outways my own pay and the costs just keep going up. If you dont think it effects your life with what I do just look at how much a gallon of milk costs. Think about Christmas, you will have a 30% increase in prices so when your kids ask what happened to that special toy, you can tell them Santa couldn't afford fuel for his sled to come down from the north pole. I would rather see America drill in ANWR and off our coasts than some enviromentally unfriendly Russian, Iranian, Chinese, or North Koreans. Thanks for you time and consideration. I am also an OOIDA member.
    Timothy Marino

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  20. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:49 PM    link eddie h. | oakdale, PA

    New Poll: 81% of Americans Support Greater Use of Domestic Energy Resources

    In pursuit of the immediate goal of energy security, clear majorities of Americans of every political and ideological stripe advocated the U.S. tap into its voluminous domestic energy resources, including the oil located off its coasts and in Alaska and the coal deep within its grounds. Clean coal was particularly popular and Americans urged the swift building of zero emissions coal plants.

    While the media and the President focus on the oil production of OPEC and how the U.S. might influence or compel that output, Americans prefer a greater use of domestic energy sources and an innovation-encouraging tax policy that rewards businesses for new energy solutions. While there were some political and ideological differences, for the most part, Americans stood united in favor of a smart, practical energy policy that would allow them to drive to work and power their homes without breaking their bank accounts.
    Resources for this new poll


    Polling Data Analysis Memo

    Crosstabs for this poll

    Related blog posts

    Press Release on this poll

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  22. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 5:36 PM    link George L. | Vacaville, CA

    As a young American I am forced to pay almost all my pay checks into my gas tank so that i can retain my Job. That is not right i am sick and tired of democrats and some republicans in office who refuse to drill i am able to vote and i assure you anyone who does not support drilling for our own resources i will not vote for them and i hope there are more young adults like myself who will think the same way. Democrats claim they are for the little people well little people are not able to pay for there gas at a cheap price and still have enough money to pay off other things you democrats are nothing but power searching Marxists i am severely disappointed in my government and will be voting for someone who has more common sense then democrats.

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  24. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 2:48 PM    link C Ann h. | campbell, OH

    The question of whether to allow drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been a political football for every sitting American president since Jimmy Carter. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just east of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska's "North Slope," which is North America's largest oil field. Currently, the Prudhoe bay area accounts for 17% of U.S. domestic oil production.[1] In 1987 and again in 1998 studies released by the U.S. Geological Survey have estimated significant deposits of crude oil exist within the land designated as the "1002 area" of ANWR, as well.[2][3][3]

    Oil interest in the region goes back to the late 1960s. Since the 1979 energy crisis, the question of whether to drill for oil has become a hot-button issue for various groups. Most Alaskan residents, trade unions, Republicans, and several business interests have supported drilling in the refuge, while many ecologists, environmental groups, and Democrats have opposed it due to claims of threats to the natural wildlife. Among native Alaskan tribes, support is mixed.See below

    In the 1990s and 2000s, votes about the status of the refuge occurred repeatedly in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, but as of 2007 efforts to allow drilling have been stopped by amendments, filibusters, or vetoes. Arctic Refuge drilling was again approved by the Republican controlled House of Representatives as part of the Energy Bill on April 21, 2005,[24] but the Arctic Refuge provision was later removed by the House-Senate conference committee. The Republican controlled Senate passed Arctic Refuge drilling on March 16, 2005 as part of the federal budget resolution for fiscal year 2006.[25] That Arctic Refuge provision was removed during the reconciliation process, due to Democrats in the House of Representatives who signed a letter stating they would oppose any version of the budget that had Arctic Refuge drilling in it.[26]

    On December 15, 2005, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) attached an Arctic Refuge drilling amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill. A group of Democratic Senators led a successful filibustering of the bill on December 21, 2005, and the language was subsequently removed from the bill.[27]

    On June 18, 2008, President George W. Bush pressed Congress to reverse the ban on offshore drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in addition to approving the extraction of oil from shale on federal lands. Despite his previous stance on the issue, President Bush cited the growing energy crisis as a major factor for reversing the presidential executive order issued by President Bush Sr. in 1990, which banned coastal oil exploration and oil and gas leasing on most of the outer continental shelf. In conjunction with the presidential order, the Congressional moratorium banning drilling was first enacted in 1982 and has been renewed annually. Estimates of oil reserves

    In May of 2008 the Energy Information Administration released the following report:

    "The opening of the ANWR 1002 Area to oil and natural gas development is projected to increase domestic crude oil production starting in 2018. In the mean ANWR oil resource case, additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR reaches 780,000 barrels per day in 2027 and then declines to 710,000 barrels per day in 2030. In the low and high ANWR oil resource cases, additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR peaks in 2028 at 510,000 and 1.45 million barrels per day, respectively. Between 2018 and 2030, cumulative additional oil production is 2.6 billion barrels for the mean oil resource case, while the low and high resource cases project a cumulative additional oil production of 1.9 and 4.3 billion barrels, respectively." [29]),

    The report also states:

    "Additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR would be only a small portion of total world oil production, and would likely be offset in part by somewhat lower production outside the United States. The opening of ANWR is projected to have its largest oil price reduction impacts as follows: a reduction in low-sulfur, light crude oil prices of $0.41 per barrel (2006 dollars) in 2026 for the low oil resource case, $0.75 per barrel in 2025 for the mean oil resource case, and $1.44 per barrel in 2027 for the high oil resource case, relative to the reference case." [30])

    For the average case, drilling in ANWR would reduce crude oil by 75 cents, in 2025. The total production from ANWR would be between 0.4 and 1.2 percent of total world oil consumption in 2030.[31]

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  26. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 2:24 PM    link C Ann h. | campbell, OH

    Representatives look a barrel of oil today $146.02

    Do you know how many UNION jobs your giving up by not letting us drill for oil in the UNITED STATES.????????????????????Studies say that the allowing of Drilling for oil and all other resources
    would bring to the ecomony, 2.5 million new jobs, in every aspect such as manufacturing pipes, gerators, pumps and pumping stations and other such products. The service sector jobs in trucking, personnel, medicalm, Colleges and trade schools, and tecnology for drilling and mining resouces. Then their are jobs lost because of the lost of oil drilling in the United States, about 65,000 persons. The revenue and taxes from drilling for oil and resouces can be used for technology development for the future to get off resources. Technology Today Mag.

    Money into AMERICAN economy????Tax Revenue ????????????????????????By not drilling for oil??????????
    All the technology jobs that we could have in AMERICA if you let us drill for oil, and use coal?????????????????
    The new technology that could come about because of money from oil revenue and taxes?????????????????????.

    The reason there are food lines, and people using medical free clinics is because the DEMOCRATIC PARTY will not let us drill for oil in the UNITED STATES. The unemployment rate is 5.5% because the DEMOCRATIC PARTY will not let us use or natural resources.

    The Labor Department reported a net loss of 62,000 jobs in the month. That matched the job loss figure for May, which was revised higher from 49,000. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a loss of 60,000 jobs.
    The unemployment rate stayed at 5.5%. Economists had forecast the rate would come in at 5.4% in the latest reading.

    Accordingly, 77% of those polled felt gas prices were "extremely" or "very" important to their vote, making fuel costs the third most important issue for American voters.
    Economists say that the economic pain will not ease for voters come the November election.
    The crystal sucking tree huggers need to find a cause that will hurt the American way of life!, now they found another cause grass fowl are endangered now just happens they are in most of the western and mid western states that oil is said to be in quantity, how amazing they just in time that congress is being pressured to start drilling oil, you of course know who the liberal-Eco-Democrats will side with the ENVIROMENTALIST of course.

    Congress and the Senate have a nice July vacation.

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  28. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 2:14 PM    link Pamela B. | Akrion, OH

    Drill in ANWR now. Do the right thing for the country for a change instead of ALWAYS playing petty politics. Even the liberals will turn on you when cars and trucks stop rolling, food prices go even higher, and we have to start burning our furniture to keep warm. Do it out of your own self-interest--there will be no taxes to pay your salaries when we all lose our jobs. Do you really want your legacy to be that you helped bankrupt the country when you had the power to prevent it? THERE IS NO TIME TO LOSE--DO THE RIGHT THING, AND DO IT NOW.

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  30. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 1:36 PM    link David M. | mt pleasant, IA

    What are waiting for ? This nation depends on oil, not only for the obivious, but farming, commercial trucking, medical, home heating, etc!!!!... It makes no sense to me nor 99% of the people I know, why we aint drilling to the last drop. It doesnt make sense with todays Government policy concerning energy, or todays fuel pricing. Anyone in a government position at any level should be holding there heads in shame. Crippling this great country and preventing a promising solution when the answer to our problems is as simple as it gets. LETS DRILL TODAY !!! Lets change the policy, Lets make new policy for alternate energy, and Lets put this country FIRST for a change.

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  32. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 12:38 PM    link James W. | Tyler, TX

    Greetings,

    I am one of those felt betrayed by my government. I served as an artilleryman in the U.S. Army and unfortunately due to an injury I cannot reenlist. I would go "over there" and lend my service to this great nation! I am also one of those that are being severely hurt by the high cost of fuel. I live in a rural part of Texas and have no choice but to drive to work. I don't live beyond my means, but I am now living paycheck to paycheck trying to make ends meet only to see those ends get further apart due to the skyrocketing cost of energy which we cannot live without.

    I am very disturbed by the direction my country is going. I see my great country slowly declining into something that resembles France! God forbid! This country was founded on the rugged individualism and courage of men and women that exist in a free republic. Neither current presidential candidates seem to embody these qualities politically. I have very little good to say about Barrak Obama. He is, from everything I have read and listened to, a Marxist. The Europeans like him, that's what scares me about him. John McCain also doesn't thrill me either. He has in him the courage and the will to stand and fight for this country militarily, for that I have my utmost gratitude and thanks. However, it seems that his political tenure has skewed his thinking from the man that stood up to REAL torture provided by his North Vietnamese captors to a man that is driven by his own political ambitions. Neither John McCain and the boy wonder seem to be serious about solving the growing problems that are facing our great country.

    What is going on behind the curtain? Why do our politicians seem to be so obtuse or obstinate? Who is pulling their strings? Why are we not taking advantage of all the resources we have at our disposal? I may be just a simple minded lower-middle class American (due to taxes) that is not privy to all the information at the disposal of someone that is "in the know," but from my vantage point it is our politicians that are standing in the way! Knowing the sources of our foreign oil and their disdain for the United States I see this as treason as much as it was treason for the Rosenburgs to give the Soviets our atomic secrets. I am thankful that the current crop of politicians were not having to deal with Hitler or Tojo. We would have folded as quickly as France did in 1940! Instead of singing "God Bless America" we would be screaming Siege Heil, that is if we were not in a death/work camp.

    I live in North East Texas. This part of Texas has had a strong oil industry since 1932. My great uncles told me stories of life during the oil boom. The advances in ecological advancements we have made to keep the environment clean have been monumental. During the early days when a well was brought in, thousands of gallons of crude oil gushered out on the ground and water causing great pollution. This was typical for most wells brought in. Now if a spill happens it is a big story because it barely ever happens.

    The argument that it would not help for 10 years to get oil to market that is drilled today is totally false. If so, I guess the East Texas oilfield didn't supply the majority of the allied armies during World War II (which it did.) When the German U-boats were sinking more oil tankers off the east coast of the United States than were getting to the front lines, the U.S. rolled up their sleeves and built a pipeline between Texas and the North East refineries in less than one year! I guess those guys are dead and that spirit died with them.

    DRILL NOW or America, including myself, will not vote for you! I don't like being urinated on my leg and being told that its raining!

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  34. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 12:28 PM    link Grant H. | Marcellus, NY

    The matter of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge comes down to this:

    0.0105% (2,000/19,000,000)

    In this number, we see Environmentalism clash with Conservation once again. In the Environmentalist world, mankind is not worth 0.0105%, whereas in the world of Conservation, 0.0105% actually is conservation, and damn good conservation, too.

    0.0105%

    The question of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge comes down to this number - the 2000 acres out of 19,000,000 that make up ANWR proposed for oil exploration. Very much like our inability to grasp the budgetary billions that are tossed around in congressional appropriation subcommittees, our minds have difficulty grasping how small 0.0105% really is:

    1) .0105% of $10.00 is about 10% of a PENNY
    2) .0105% of South Carolina (about the same size as ANWR) is Beaufort Golf Club


    Theodore Roosevelt, the father of Conservation, said in 1907:

    "In utilizing and conserving the natural resources of the Nation, the one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight...The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life."

    Nothing could better fit the idea of "utilizing and conserving" than to set aside an area the size of South Carolina while an area the size of a golf course is developed for the far-reaching geopolitical and economic benefit of 300,000,000 people. Both goals – sustaining nature and sustaining mankind – are simultaneously achieved.

    If drilling in ANWR were a question of developing all 19,000,000 acres of land, there are some who would still support the effort, recognizing the staggering importance of energy independence in a world where massive stockpiles of oil are controlled by Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and duplicitous Saudi sheiks. In such a debate, wiser people would of course argue that we must maintain some percentage of the refuge for future generations. If the response to that reasonable appeal was to give back 99.9895% to the caribou and to nature, who could possibly argue? Apparently, madmen who think mankind is not worth 0.0105%...and those in government who crave their approval. (Copyright © 2006 Dan Hallagan. All Rights Reserved. From "The Logic Times" website)

    Please excersize some common sense and sensibility and vote to allow development of this critical resource.

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  36. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 12:02 PM    link Ed and Beverly R. | Barberton, OH

    Everytime the Democrats in Congress say "We can't drill our way out of this", the Republicans should come back with " Prove it by letting us try and if we fail we will give you all a public apology for not listening to you"! The Democrats know our side is right, but they just don't want President Bush to get any credit for turning the energy crisis around, because they hate him so much!

    If all of the Republicans in Congress and the Senate would get on the message that the USA is going Oil Independant and stay on this the price of oil will drop in seconds! Not days or weeks, in seconds!
    We also want other alternative energy sources, but until we have them, lets use what we know works and have enough of. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  38. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 11:57 AM    link Ed and Beverly R. | Barberton, OH

    Everytime the Democrats in Congress say "We can't drill our way out of this", the Republicans should come back with " Prove it by letting us try and if we fail we will give you all a public apology for not listening to you"! The Democrats know our side is right, but they just don't want President Bush to get any credit for turning the energy crisis around, because they hate him so much!

    If all of the Republicans in Congress and the Senate would get on the message that the USA is going Oil Independant and stay on this the price of oil will drop in seconds! Not days or weeks, in seconds!

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  40. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 11:54 AM    link Ed and Beverly R. | Barberton, OH

    Everytime the Democrats in Congress say "We can't drill our way out of this", the Republicans should come back with " Prove it by letting us try and if we fail we will give you all a public apology for not listening to you"! They know our side is right, but they just don't want President Bush to get any credit for turning the energy crisis around, because they hate him so much!

    If all of the Republicans in Congress and the Senate would get on the message that the USA is going oil independant and stay on this the price of oil will drop in seconds! Not days or weeks, in days!

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  42. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 11:52 AM    link Nancy C. | Naples, FL

    Drill Here! Drill Often! End this idiocy of denying US Citizens our own resources. It is bone-headed!

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  44. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 10:59 AM    link Eric K. | Butler, PA

    Take the chains off! Open up our land to allow our companies to drill for our oil. Why do you believe that standing in the way is the right thing to do? How much more pain must the American Tax Payer go through before you stand aside and allow the free maket to work? We, speaking for all those I know, are loosing faith in the government. Think about the simple laws of supply & demand, when the price goes up there must not be enough supply. Therefore, allow drilling and the price will level off then begin to drop. Why are you so opposed to drilling. The area that is already leased to the oil companies simply doesn't have enough oil under it. You have to see that your actions are slowing killing the country you all took an oath to protect. How are you actions in the better interest of this country?

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  46. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 10:32 AM    link David M. | Findlay, OH

    I will not vote for anyone in this year's Election who doesn't support Drilling in ANWR or the OCS.

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  48. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 10:32 AM    link EJ h. | campbell, OH

    The question of whether to allow drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been a political football for every sitting American president since Jimmy Carter. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just east of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska's "North Slope," which is North America's largest oil field. Currently, the Prudhoe bay area accounts for 17% of U.S. domestic oil production.[1] In 1987 and again in 1998 studies released by the U.S. Geological Survey have estimated significant deposits of crude oil exist within the land designated as the "1002 area" of ANWR, as well.[2][3][3]
    Oil interest in the region goes back to the late 1960s. Since the 1979 energy crisis, the question of whether to drill for oil has become a hot-button issue for various groups. Most Alaskan residents, trade unions, Republicans, and several business interests have supported drilling in the refuge, while many ecologists, environmental groups, and Democrats have opposed it due to claims of threats to the natural wildlife. Among native Alaskan tribes, support is mixed.See below
    In the 1990s and 2000s, votes about the status of the refuge occurred repeatedly in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, but as of 2007 efforts to allow drilling have been stopped by amendments, filibusters, or vetoes. Arctic Refuge drilling was again approved by the Republican controlled House of Representatives as part of the Energy Bill on April 21, 2005,[24] but the Arctic Refuge provision was later removed by the House-Senate conference committee. The Republican controlled Senate passed Arctic Refuge drilling on March 16, 2005 as part of the federal budget resolution for fiscal year 2006.[25] That Arctic Refuge provision was removed during the reconciliation process, due to Democrats in the House of Representatives who signed a letter stating they would oppose any version of the budget that had Arctic Refuge drilling in it.[26]
    On December 15, 2005, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) attached an Arctic Refuge drilling amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill. A group of Democratic Senators led a successful filibustering of the bill on December 21, 2005, and the language was subsequently removed from the bill.[27]
    On June 18, 2008, President George W. Bush pressed Congress to reverse the ban on offshore drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in addition to approving the extraction of oil from shale on federal lands. Despite his previous stance on the issue, President Bush cited the growing energy crisis as a major factor for reversing the presidential executive order issued by President Bush Sr. in 1990, which banned coastal oil exploration and oil and gas leasing on most of the outer continental shelf. In conjunction with the presidential order, the Congressional moratorium banning drilling was first enacted in 1982 and has been renewed annually. Estimates of oil reserves
    In May of 2008 the Energy Information Administration released the following report:
    "The opening of the ANWR 1002 Area to oil and natural gas development is projected to increase domestic crude oil production starting in 2018. In the mean ANWR oil resource case, additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR reaches 780,000 barrels per day in 2027 and then declines to 710,000 barrels per day in 2030. In the low and high ANWR oil resource cases, additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR peaks in 2028 at 510,000 and 1.45 million barrels per day, respectively. Between 2018 and 2030, cumulative additional oil production is 2.6 billion barrels for the mean oil resource case, while the low and high resource cases project a cumulative additional oil production of 1.9 and 4.3 billion barrels, respectively." [29]),
    The report also states:
    "Additional oil production resulting from the opening of ANWR would be only a small portion of total world oil production, and would likely be offset in part by somewhat lower production outside the United States. The opening of ANWR is projected to have its largest oil price reduction impacts as follows: a reduction in low-sulfur, light crude oil prices of $0.41 per barrel (2006 dollars) in 2026 for the low oil resource case, $0.75 per barrel in 2025 for the mean oil resource case, and $1.44 per barrel in 2027 for the high oil resource case, relative to the reference case." [30])
    For the average case, drilling in ANWR would reduce crude oil by 75 cents, in 2025. The total production from ANWR would be between 0.4 and 1.2 percent of total world oil consumption in 2030.[31]

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  50. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 9:20 AM    link Tim S. | Peru, IN

    This is absurd that you as our elected representatives are preventing the citizens of this Nation to access a natural resource in our own country while we still pander and beg foreign countries to increase their production so as to help us? You need to vote for drilling in ANWR, and then we need to vote those representatives who are against this, due to a fanatical group of environmentalist, out of office and elect officials who have some common sense and understand basic economics.

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  52. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 8:50 AM    link Mary Louise M. | Pittsburgh, PA

    To get more gas,drill up the polar bear's ass. Let's drill off shore.
    East and West coast.
    Stiffle the enviormental wackos,
    Let's add wind and solar power.
    I'm sick and tired of being beholding to the Arabs
    Get off your butt and act for us

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  54. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 8:49 AM    link DEBBIE R. | Raleigh, NC

    WHY AREN'T WE DRILLING FOR OUR OIL? THE CHINESE ARE DRILLING RIGHT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST AND HERE WE SIT....DRILL FOR OUR OIL!

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  56. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 8:48 AM    link C Ann h. | campbell, OH

    Representatives

    Do you know how many UNION jobs your giving up by not letting us drill for oil in the UNITED STATES.????????????????????
    Money into AMERICAN economy????Tax Revenue ????????????????????????By not drilling for oil??????????
    All the technology jobs that we could have in AMERICA if you let us drill for oil, and use coal?????????????????
    The new technology that could come about because of money from oil revenue and taxes?????????????????????.
    The reason there are food lines, and people using medical free clinics is because the DEMOCRATIC PARTY will not let us drill for oil in the UNITED STATES. The unemployment rate is 5.5% because the DEMOCRATIC PARTY will not let us use or natural resources.
    The Labor Department reported a net loss of 62,000 jobs in the month. That matched the job loss figure for May, which was revised higher from 49,000. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a loss of 60,000 jobs.
    The unemployment rate stayed at 5.5%. Economists had forecast the rate would come in at 5.4% in the latest reading.
    Accordingly, 77% of those polled felt gas prices were "extremely" or "very" important to their vote, making fuel costs the third most important issue for American voters.
    Economists say that the economic pain will not ease for voters come the November election.
    The crystal sucking tree huggers need to find a cause that will hurt the American way of life!, now they found another cause grass fowl are endangered now just happens they are in most of the western and mid western states that oil is said to be in quantity, how amazing they just in time that congress is being pressured to start drilling oil, you of course know who the liberal-Eco-Democrats will side with the ENVIROMENTALIST of course.

    Congress and the Senate have a nice July vacation.

    Go an ask your congressman and senators why people are going to the FOOD banks, and the U.S. Reps’ are giving Universities/Colleges checks/money for labs, new programs that help the university get RICHER, when the colleges are RICH already and the RICH university with all their money will not even bring down the price of tuition, look at the cost of tuition $4,000.00 a sem.
    Proponents of the CO2-induced global warming hypothesis often predict that extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes will become more numerous and/or extreme in a warmer world; however, there is no evidence to support this claim. In fact, many studies have revealed that the numbers and intensities of extreme weather events have remained relatively constant over the last century of modest global warming or have actually declined. Costs of damages from these phenomena, however, have risen dramatically; but this phenomenon has been demonstrated to be the result of evolving societal, demographic and economic factors.
    In lieu of global warming, a little of which would in all probability be good for the planet, where do the above considerations leave us? Simply with the biospheric benefits that come from the aerial fertilization effect of atmospheric CO2 enrichment: enhanced plant growth, increased plant water use efficiency, greater food production for both people and animals, plus a host of other biological benefits too numerous to describe in this short statement.
    And these benefits are not mere predictions. They are real. Already, in fact, they are evident in long-term tree-ring records, which reveal a history of increasing forest growth rates that have closely paralleled the progression of the Industrial Revolution. They can also be seen in the slow but inexorable spreading of woody plants into areas where only grasses grew before. In fact, the atmosphere itself bears witness to the increasing prowess of the entire biosphere in the yearly expanding amplitude of the its seasonal CO2 cycle. This oscillatory "breath of the biosphere" - its inhalation of CO2, produced by spring and summer terrestrial plant growth, and its exhalation of CO2, produced by fall and winter biomass decomposition - has been documented to be growing greater and greater each year in response to the ever-increasing growth stimulation provided by the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content.
    This, then, is what we truly believe will be the result of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content: a reinvigorated biosphere characteristic of those prior periods of earth's history when the air's CO2 concentration was much higher than it is today, coupled with a climate not much different from that of the present. Are we right? Only time will tell. But one thing is certain now: there is much more real-world evidence for the encouraging scenario we paint here than for the doom-and-gloom predictions of apocalypse that are preached by those who blindly follow the manifestly less-than-adequate prognostications of imperfect climate models.
    Our policy prescription relative to anthropogenic CO2 emissions is thus to leave well enough alone and let nature and humanity take their inextricably intertwined course. All indications are that both will be well served by the ongoing rise in atmospheric CO2.
    Supporting references. This brief was written in 1998. References to the voluminous scientific literature that supports the many factual statements of this position paper may be found on our website - www.co2science.org - which we update weekly.

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  58. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:44 AM    link Ray T. | Uniontown, PA

  59. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:13 AM    link Craig O. | Bridgeville, PA

    I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of the corrupt Congress. This is not right and you are going to force the public to take back our government. What part of the oath you took to defend the Constitution don't you understand. It is time to vote all encumbents out of office and start over.
    Growing up I would never have believed that the biggest problem in my life would be MY government and how corrupt it would become. I pay taxes and see NO advantage of doing this, I get nothing in return but grief.

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  61. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:09 AM    link david s. | romulus, NY

    Its time to stop all this bull s--- and save america. DRILL NOW.

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  63. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:06 AM    link Rob R. | Greensburg, PA

    Drill Now! The only thing that will bring the price of oil down is to increase supply. We have huge supplies of oil right here in the U.S., ANWR and Continental shelf. Congress is to blame for this serious condition and it is high time that you do the right thing and let us drill for our own supply.

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  65. Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 7:06 AM    link Keith N. | Pittsburgh, PA

    The American people are speaking and as our representatives I ask that you hear our voices. This is the greatest country in the world, yet you alllow us to be enslaved by foreign oil producing countries. Why? We can build our way out of these current economic problems with American workers, building American energy plants, American refineries, and drilling for American oil.
    We anticipate your vote to allow drilling in ANWR, off our coasts, and within our borders. We also need your vote to support oil from coal and building nuclear power plants. Energy runs America. Anything other than a yes vote will will result in a No vote for you in the next election.

    Drill Here, Drill NOW!

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  67. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 10:28 PM    link Samuel R. | Cleveland, TN

    We can sit around and say 'that it will not help things right away. It will take years before we see any oil ...' etc. etc. But this great country has always looked to the future and made discussions NOW that would take years for us to see the effects. Why is this any different. Let's look to the future and at the possibilities of what the price of oil and gas could be, and NOW let us take steps NOW to prevent those possibilities.

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  69. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:22 PM    link Virginia B. | Bolivar, PA

    This world is going to hell in a hand basket. You pay millions of dollars for something we have here in our own country. My husband and I considered our selves middle class at one time, now with gas
    and food prices the way they are now, we are definitely in the lower class.

    Due to the increase in gas, and the other increases, I lost my job. We were a small company and
    they decided to close our company down. Now I am 64 years old and trying to find another job, at
    my age no one wants to invest the time or money to train me. And with the cost of everything,
    we can not make it on just my husband's salary. It seems we have worked all these years just for
    us all to be thrown to the wolves in our golden years.

    All our factories and everything is being sent overseas, so therefore our jobs are very limited any
    more.

    At the rate we are going we won't even have a country to be proud of, and all of our service men and women will have died in vain.

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  71. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:09 PM    link Robert Q. | Midlothian, VA

    To whom it may concern,

    Assuming you actually take the time to listen to what your constituents want or need I am hoping this letter finds you in good health.
    It is long past time for prudence to prevail and allow our Oil entrepreneurs to do their jobs so as to assuage the excessive suffering brought onto the American public due to the weak kneed politics of the last 20 years. DRILL HERE DRILL NOW!

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  73. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 8:06 PM    link charles b. | St. Ann, MO

    Please drill Anwr and all other places in U.S. and on the coast and use some of these oil revenues to
    develop new technologes to lead the world to a cleaner safer place for our children. thanks

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  75. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 6:33 PM    link Samuel E. | S. Paris, ME

    When will you people in DC wake up and smell the coffee? We are in difficult times that are about to get worse. We must start drilling immediately and provide ourselves with as much oil as possible for as long as it last. And that means drilling where ever there might be oil. The north slope of Alaska is about the most deserted and ugly place on earth and would be agreat place to start.

    During the next few years we obviously need a major effort to develop alternative sources but as none are currently available we need to buy time with oil which is what we are set up to use. I cannot heat my house in Maine with a solar panel and a windmill.
    Sam Elliot, South Paris, Maine.

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  77. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 6:04 PM    link Richard F. W. | Lenhartsville, PA

    Gas is $4 a gallon and we're worried about spoiling the view of the caribou? Have I entered the twilight zone?

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  79. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 4:26 PM    link John H. | Canton, OH

  80. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 2:21 PM    link Phil E. | Rockland, ME

    Frankly, this is all a waste of time. You guys in DC have known about the coming energy crisis for years----for decades !!! The only thing you accomplished was to pad your stock portfolios---of course, you guys have oil stock----and you're making loot ass over tea kettle (thats a Maine expression!) Show some intestinal fortitude for once and vote to drill for the stuff. Show us for once that you are actually concerned about us and are not merely in politics to get a fat paycheck, a ton of perks, and experience some kind of power kick.

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  82. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 2:12 PM    link Robert O. | Smithfield, RI

    Although alternate fuels are promising they are too far in the future (15-20) years to make any significant impact at this time. If we wait too long the US economy will be in shambles. Any country with it's own oil reserves that does not go after them is foolish in the eyes of the world.

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  84. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 12:24 PM    link Brian B. | Roanoke, VA

    The burden of rising gas prices, due to increased world-wide demand (and loose fed monentary policy devaluing the dollar) is beginning to seriously pinch "WE THE PEOPLE". As a member of the same said prestigious group of people, who are in charge of the goverment and its policies, I implore you to remove all goverment imposed limitations on oil exploration and drilling, as well as the numerous EPA restrictions on gasoline refineries, nuclear power plants, and all other sources of energy production.

    Let freedom ring! That will require the goverment getting out of the way and the enviro-weenies no longer getting their way. They are a miniscule minority. Listen to the swell of voices who are the majority.

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  86. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 10:05 AM    link Thomas H. | Jeannette, PA

    When a shortage in an inelastic market occurs, prices explode upwards. This is because demand simply will not stop.

    If we increase the world supply of oil perhaps 5%, prices could be cut 50%.

    If we don't do this, we are basically saying that the Middle East should control the World Economy.

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  88. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:47 AM    link Russell S. | Allison Park, PA

    You idiots should have to take 15 credits of college level economics before you can even FILE to run for public office.
    I don't understand what you don't understand.

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  90. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:47 AM    link Russell S. | Allison Park, PA

    You idiots should have to take 15 credits of college level economics before they can even FILE to run for public office.
    I don't understand what you don't understand.

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  92. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:46 AM    link Russell S. | Allison Park, PA

    These idiots should have to take 15 credits of college level economics before they can even FILE to run for public office.
    I don't understand what they don't understand.

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  94. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 9:05 AM    link Tommy D. | Pittsburgh, PA

    If you think there is not oil there then let the Oil companies waste their money. If you think there is oil there the let them start, so it will take some time for us to be able to use the oil, at least we will get it. Work with the oil companies and set standard for them while in ANWAR. Create government jobs to watch them, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO - LET THEM DRILL.

    What do we have to loose - HIGH OIL PRICES.


    DRILL - which will increase the supply and watch the price drop. Simple economics.

    SUPPLY AND DEMAND!!!

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  96. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 8:41 AM    link James H. | Cambridge, OH

    Congress with their petty bickering has put this country in a very bad position. They have spe t years trying to blame someone for their own failings. It is time for the People tom demand solutions from Congress, not stupidity.
    We must begin to wean ourselves from forign oil, and that means drilling here and drilling now. Not some "Willie Nelson" pipe dream.

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  98. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 8:08 AM    link Rafael N. | Lexington, KY

    I am for drilling in that desolate piece of land that no one ever sees to save our economy.

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  100. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 7:28 AM    link Robert J. | Boothbay Harbor, ME

    Stop being held hostage by the Environmentalists and their campaign contributions. We know this is not about the environment; its about money and power. Congress is selling us out, and it has to stop.
    We have enormous oil reserves in ANWAR, North Dakota, off the Continental Shelf, and the Gulf of Mexico; vast oil shales deposits, and huge amounts of coal.
    The fact that China can drill off the Florida and we can't is an embarrassment. We are the only country in the world with the ability to drill for oil that pretty much doesn't.
    All three of you have voted against drilling in ANWAR; stop doing us so many favors.

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  102. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 7:21 AM    link John M. | Hudson, OH

    None of the reasons not to drill for a supply of domestic oil are valid. Having a domestic supply of oil is critical for our economy, our environment because we do a better job of protecting the environment than any other country, and to keep our standing as the only superpower so we can deal with Iran and others who are committed to our distruction.

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  104. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 7:20 AM    link Jim A. | Indiana, PA

    We need to be less dependant on Forign Oil. Basic economics says that if we start to drill for oil we will lower the price of crude around the world. I do feel we need to be less dependant on oil but at present we arn't and we are only hampering the production of our great country. Please drill and find more sources of oil. Thank you

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  106. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 7:04 AM    link paulete z. | Kittanning, PA

    we the people will and can vote out you the do nothing congress you do not not begin to drilll it is time do you not understand .

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  108. Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 1:17 AM    link H.K. M. | North Canton, OH

    It is well past time to begin using our own resources for our benefits. My opinion is fine, go ahead and research alternative means (solar, wind) , but oil, natural gas, coal that we have should be the conduit until these alternative means are viable. Free up the Continental Shelf and ANWR for drilling as quickly as possible. Ask yourself one question. Why is it every other country is drilling like mad (even within 100 miles miles off Florida just off Cuba's coast), but not us? Another question is this. Why are environmentalists screaming when ever we want to use our resources but not others who are polluting our Earth exponentially worse than us (China, who now has a red tide problem where the Olympic sailing events are to be held!!).

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  110. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 11:39 PM    link Douglas T. | Apple Creek, OH

    First of all, thank you for passing the recent war spending bill and supporting our troops. Our War on Terror should not be a partisan issue, and for the most part, a majority of Congress put politics aside.

    However, I believe it is time that Congress either leads or gets out of the way on our national energy policy. Experts indicate that the US has considerable oil and natural gas reserves available. Some will take years to bring to market. Others, on the other hand, could be filling our gas tanks in a year or less. Regardless of either scenario, the psychological impact on Americans as well as the markets can only act to bring down prices. The idea that Mr. Obama (and other environmentalists) are floating that ANWAR will only bring down gas one penny in twenty years is rediculous. I don't believe he is a petroleum engineer or an economist. I think the American people deserve better than that kind of assessment from someone lacking credentials in the area.

    There is simply no reason our representatives in Washington are sitting on their hands while we are all feeling the squeeze. We don't care about House and Senate rules & proper procedures, 4th of July recess, partisan bickering, or anything else that stands in the way of immediate energy exploration. Oil and gas, until other resources become available, are all we have. And I don't believe that protecting endangered species is an acceptable reason to simply ignore ANWAR.

    The Saudi King said on Monday that we will have to get used to high oil prices. And Senator Reid thinks that oil is making us sick! One demonstrates arrogance; the other, at the least, ignorance. Don't these two statements incense you to demand our own immediate domestic production? If it doesn't, then we need new representation. If it does, please act quickly, remove all obstacles for exploration, and represent us. NOW!

    Democrat or Republican, informed voters will speak at the ballot box. This issue is not going away and we DEMAND action.

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  112. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 9:47 PM    link Billie Jo E. | Greensburg, PA

    We need to be drilling for our own oil. There is no reason for gas prices to have gone up this much. I have worked hard to get where I am in life and I enjoy traveling in my spare time to relax. There is no reason for this when we have the resources right here in our country. Keep America strong and free!!!

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  114. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 8:35 PM    link Thomas M. | Irwin, PA

    Please vote to allow drilling here in the United States for oil. The oil is a god given natural resource which should be used. With the technology available today I think we can safely get to the oil in ANWAR and off shore. It would be a benefit to all Americans. Good paying jobs would be created, our trade deficit could be reduced and prices at the pump would come down. We should still be looking into new energy sources for the future but we need the oil now. I certainly think we can do both at the same time. As a registered independent voter, I will be watching closely to see who is against drilling here and I will not vote for them. Many of my friends at work (union members) and family members have expressed similar feelings. It is economic suicide not to drill. Thank you!

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  116. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 8:34 PM    link paul p. | barton, VT

    Drill in ANWR

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  118. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 8:00 PM    link mike t. | Mckeesport, PA

    pull your head out of you !!!!!!! and start drilling.

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  120. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:51 PM    link Tom S. | Pittsburgh, PA

    Please help America be strong and more self-sufficient as both you and I know we can be.

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  122. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 4:08 PM    link Karen O. | Wexford, PA

    Why are the American Politicians holding the American People hostage to foreign oil?

    Let's Drill For Our Own Oil and Build New Refineries NOW !!!

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  124. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 1:48 PM    link Matt L. | Hilliard, OH

    We the represented group deserve better....we need/want our elected officials to start doing what is right and good for the future of this country!

    Our reliance on middle eastern oil has lined the pockets of those who want to slit our throats. This must stop.

    Give the oil companies the right to drill in ANWR under 1 condition - Drill here, Use here!!!!! Don't export an ounce of oil.

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  126. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 10:16 AM    link Jonas B. | Chester Springs, PA

    Please, start to drill in ANWR. If we started to drill years ago we wouldn't be in this mess. What happened to the Democratic Congress promise to lower gas prices? I guess they could not deliver.

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  128. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 8:24 AM    link Carl T. | Pascoag, RI

    I find it totally reprehensible for members of congress who took an oath to protect the people of this country (and that includes protecting the economy!) to willfully impede domestic drilling so that they may benefit politically from it. Alternative energy sources are years away---we can't afford to wait that long. In the meantime, we need to expand coal to oil technology, and drill the new huge oil fields in the Dakotas and off the shore of Texas. While you're at it, lend your influence to developing more domestic refineries too. It's a win-win for the U.S., because we won't be sending dollars to our adversaries to use against us, as well as the creation of thousands of jobs, at a time when Americans need it most.
    "Ask not what you can do for your party, but what you can do for your country."

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  130. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 8:20 AM    link Ray B. | Fisherville, KY

    We the People our tired of our Congress who look out for "their" own agenda instead of looking out for our country and people. Please get rid of the restrictions that keep our own oil companies from drilling in our own country!

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  132. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:49 AM    link CHRISTOPHER D. | North Irwin, PA

    Quit not allowing America to use it's own natural resources. We could be energy independant for atleast 30 years, IF we use our own resources. Once we say we are going to start drilling the price will come down on crude oil. So we can purchase it cheaper, But then we still must drill. All the while still developing alt. engery. But if you think anything is going to take the place of oil in the near future, you are smoking something.

    Also, how come you guys listen to AL GORE, whose house uses more natural reasources in a month than most homes do in a year. But look at a house that uses less than the average american home. Shouldn't we listen to that person??? It's all on the internet. The american people are not as stupid as you think. Just compare President Bushs house to Al Gores. You will see what I am talking about.

    One last thing: If carbon is bad, then why is the earth cooling? Sun spots maybe??? Why is the earth greener than it has ever been???

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  134. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:42 AM    link william b. | Dandridge, TN

    tired of congress ---go home and stay--that way you can do NO damage

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  136. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:40 AM    link CHRISTOPHER D. | North Irwin, PA

  137. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:37 AM    link Dennis M. | Shelby, OH

    One of history's largest know oil field has been put off limits by self-proclaimed saviors of the "Earth", democrats, for far too long now (twenty years anyhow). Drill it now. Slash the red-tape environmental impediments and drill now. Create jobs while watching the price of crude plummet. Drill now.

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  139. Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 7:32 AM    link Tracey K. | Heidelberg, PA

    I would like the United States of America to become energy independent but for some reason democrats always seem like they are for the people but in reality they are for themselves.

    Drill for Oil. Don't depend on OPEC. Let's become the powerhouse again that we once were. Once the world knows that we will drill for our own oil and will become less dependent on them, we will see more oil magically appear in the market. Supply and demand.

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  141. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 9:40 PM    link Steven F. | Apollo, PA

    Isn't it about time we rely on our own resources? With the advancement of technology there is no reason not to drill for our own oil. The crystal sucking tree huggers need to find a cause that doesn't hurt the American way of life! Also on a a side note, Mr. Murtha, when are you going to apologize for your treasonous remarks about our troops involved and now vindicated in the Haditha incident. You could not wait to open fire on them with all barrels and now that you are again proven wrong not a word from your mouth. I will be sure that I do all I can to make sure sure your next election is a lot tougher for you to come out ahead, but I forget that you "buy" the election as the time gets nearer with all the government contracts that seem to be leaving us these days as the re-election time has passed. Ironic isn't it. And yet the mindless Dems will continue to re-elect you. I had a lot of respect for you at one time, now I have none.

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  143. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 6:13 PM    link EDWARD S. | Gibsonia, PA

    we need to drill now instead of later that the demos want and vote every demo and rinho out off office dont forget what we will get with obama another clinton only worse. vote them all out.It is time we took our country back from to left.

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  145. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 4:21 PM    link Micheal & Lori M. | Pittsburgh, PA

    Its time to do what is right for the American people. For far to long all of you elected forget about us and what is right for the American people. This is a problem that effects all Americans, its time to act NOW.

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  147. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 10:09 AM    link Joe C. | Lakeland, FL

    DRILL NOW Iam Spending 4000.00 a week on fuel in my OTR Truck to run from Fla. Ca. i cant do this much longer

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  149. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 9:24 AM    link Richard G. | Lower Burrell, PA

    As my representative in Washington D.C., I strongly want you to vote for drilling in ANWAR, NOW!

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  151. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 9:09 AM    link JOHN G. | ROCESTER, PA

    I can not believe that our Govt. would want to hog tie us and cripple us to be dependant on countries that are not loyal friends, but would love to see America fall apart. But of course this is the same Govt. that would like to see us dependant on them for all medical and financial needs. We have the resources we should utalize them.

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  153. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 8:47 AM    link brian c. | paint lick, KY

    It is absurd that we don't take advantage of all availible resources. The Bilbe states that we are have dominion over the land and all the creatures that inhabit it. Environmental laws that cause harm and hardship to the American people should be done away with immediately. Lets get off of the Global Warming bandwagon. By now most people with the smallest bit of common sense can tell you it's all been a lie.

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  155. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 8:44 AM    link brian c. | paint lick, KY

    It is absurd that we don't take advantage of all availible resources. The Bilbe states that we are have dominion over the land and all the creatures that inhabit it. Environmental laws that cause harm and hardship to the American people should be done away with immediately.

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  157. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 7:37 AM    link Zack B. | Lancaster, OH

    it like when we put people in office they forget about what there job is you should take care of the american people drill for oil that is what the people want thank you.

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  159. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 7:21 AM    link Michael H. | Anniston, AL

    What the heck are these guys doing? Do they plan on sitting on there butts, doing nothing until gas is at $10.00 per gallon. Come on Washington! Time to wake up! The people of this country are not going to take your irresponsible behavior much longer. I say throw all these bums out of office and start over again with down to earth people... screw all these lobbyist and lawyers. All they want is to make a fast buck. I am fed up with it all!

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  161. Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 6:59 AM    link Sarah C.& R.Robert Rivera R. | Jericho Ctr., VT

    hi,

    Drill,Drill you commie bastards!

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  163. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 11:04 PM    link Louis & Unki R. | Buxton, ME

    We didn't get any closer today to be pumping our own oil because we didn't start drilling ten years ago. You say it won't do any good to start now because it will take to long.
    Speaking of the word TAKE! That is exactly what China and Russia and Mexico are going to do unless YOU get off your butts and start drilling, and while your at it why don't you take care of the mexican problem. Surely you people in Washington can't be that dumb. You say we can't see the big picture. Well we can count and more people, less jobs, less money to spend, higher oil prices, and higher taxes aren't a formula for disaster I don't know what is.

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  165. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 8:16 PM    link LEE P. | Aliquippa, PA

  166. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 2:56 PM    link C Ann h. | campbell, OH

    Today: Global Warming is a farce, made up by the rich elitists, called Liberals to tax the poor and middle class for the redistribution of the wealth to them. Forget about the Global Warming hoax; stop pandering to environmentalist activists and start using some common sense! Remove all restrictions on drilling for oil, refining oil, building nuclear power plants, etc. Simply get government out of the way of the people!

    Back in 2006 the Speaker of the House said, in a press meeting that if we vote Democratic in the election the price of oil and gas would come down, gee is $4.29 a gallon less or more.
    Oil prices climbed to a record above $142 a barrel in Asian trading Friday as the U.S. dollar's protracted slump prompted investors to flock to oil as a hedge against inflation.
    Prices were also lifted Thursday after OPEC's president said crude prices could rise well above $150 a barrel this year and Libya said it may cut oil production.
    U.S. crude for August delivery rose as high as $142.26 a barrel before pulling back to $141.37 a barrel, up $1.73 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract raised $5.09 Thursday to settle at a record $139.64.
    The previous trading record for a front-month contract was $139.89, set on June 16.
    Oil prices have more than doubled over the past year on concerns about rising demand in fast-growing economies such as China and India, and supply disruptions in the Middle East and Nigeria.
    Analysts have also attributed oil's rapid climb to speculative buying, with traders jumping into the market purely on the expectation that futures will continue to rise.
    Oil crosses $142 to new record
    I still remember back in the late '70's and early 80's how the government would NEVER let another energy crisis strike again. We are tired of being lied to by you people! The fault is not OPEC, BIG OIL, or "It will take too long". The problem is YOU Democrats getting in OUR way, THE AMEERICAN PEOPLE, just a reminder since YOU have forgotten this. YOU work for US! THE ELECTED CLASS. We are not here to serve you, open up drilling EVERYWERE or we will fire you! Or elect someone else with our values. Don't get too comfy in your office there, no matter what your cronies say in the party, you can and will be replaced. Think about that when the speaker tells you to hold the party line when you go to vote, or open your mouth to a TV camera and C-Span.

    Do the right thing and not the just easy thing, re-election is just around the corner and the environmentalist won’t be the ones' voting in the lines, the people who pay $4.29 a gallon will be the ones’ voting.

    Environmentalism is today more about protecting a supposed "thing" -- "the environment" -- than advancing the worldview articulated by Sierra Club founder John Muir, who nearly a century ago observed, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."

    Thinking of the environment as a "thing" has had enormous implications for how environmentalists conduct their politics. The three-part strategic framework for environmental policy-making hasn't changed in 40 years: first, define a problem (e.g. global warming) as "environmental." Second, craft a technical remedy (e.g., cap-and-trade). Third, sell the technical proposal to legislators through a variety of tactics, such as lobbying, third-party allies, research reports, advertising, and public relations.

    When we asked environmental leaders how we could accelerate our efforts against global warming, most pointed to this or that tactic -- more analysis, more grassroots organizing, more PR.

    Few things epitomize the environmental community's tactical orientation to politics more than its search for better words and imagery to "reframe" global warming. Lately the advice has included: a) don't call it "climate change" because Americans like change; b) don't call it "global warming" because the word "warming" sounds nice; c) refer to global warming as a "heat trapping blanket" so people can understand it; d) focus attention on technological solutions -- like fluorescent light bulbs and hybrid cars.

    What each of these recommendations has in common is the shared assumption that a) the problem should be framed as "environmental" and b) our legislative proposals should be technical.1

    In 1973 we had the Arab oil embargo. Then the USA was 30% dependent on foreign. In the next 35 years, you leaders established no real energy policy except giving more power to EPA. The last US oil refinery opened in 1976. From 1981 to 2005 the number of US oil refineries has decreased from 324 to 148 (and yes that equates to closing of 176 refineries). Today we are 60% dependent on oil.

    You leaders need to free up America's lands and oceans for more drilling and certainly in ANWR. You and previous cohorts bear a BIG responsibly for our current energy crisis.

    Building a refinery from starting thru applying to permitting takes a minimum of 10 years. In 1995 Pres Clinton wouldn't permit drilling in ANWR with the statement --"Why it will be 10 years before we see anything." Well 13 years have passed, folks. And now look!

    You all need some good technical advisors in Wash DC. BS and Rhetoric isn't going to solve our energy dilemma!

    Area 1002 is actually not party of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge...it is hundreds and hundreds of miles away. This is in an area that is tundra...full of ice and mosquito infested flatlands in the summer.

    The environmentalist has minimized the benefits that area 1002 can bring to the American public.
    There is more likely 30 years worth of oil in the area.

    The drilling would give the United States almost two generations to develop new energy resources and perfect that investment so we do not have to depend on foreign oil.

    The environmentalists claim it would take years to get the oil and build a pipeline...The Alaskan pipeline and Perdue Bay is about 200 miles away.

    Announcing the new drilling in Alaska will bring oil prices down. This will also increase the value of the dollar.

    Knowing how small the area is, this might affect one polar bear's habitat....maybe. The polar bears need a wide range. The caribou are documented to living around drilling areas without them habitats being destroyed

    Oil companies make a lot but spend a lot. Currently I am doing two projects worth $55 million for personnel safety at an oil refinery. I did a scrubber project a few years back---$65 million to clean the air. Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) was very costly in capital outlay to meet the environmental criteria. None of these projects resulted in more products, higher octanes or higher yields. So don't blame the oil companies!!!

    1. Global Warming is a face
    2. CO2 is plant and tree food
    3. Who cares about Polar Bears
    4? Northeastern Ohio looks like Michigan, in the way of jobs, and housing vacant, and buildings are vacant, large areas of open space where jobs were once, areas bear/nothing vacant.
    5 Our population in the area is moving south to right to work States.
    6. Our biggest employer in Mahoning County is an Austintown, OH, School system, and Youngstown State.
    7 Gas is $4.29 to $4.67 a gallon
    8. Small business people are going out of business, over fuel, gas, too many taxes.
    9 Food prices are up to, a gallon of milk cost $.4.20 a gallon
    10 Every time a country that's produces oil that hates AMERICANs, says there going to reduce the supply of oil to make the price go up another $5.00 a barrel. NOW $142.00 a barrel.
    11 And last of all the Democratic Party says the party line on oil drilling while WE pay $4.50 a gallon. No we can't should be OBAMA lines, not YES WE CAN

    12 Other countries can drill were ever they want. WHY?????????????????????

    WHY?????????????WHY is Congressman?????????????WHY???????????????????????

    13 90 % AK is waste land, and 60% of AK has no polar bears, ducks, or deer.
    14 Why do we let 10% of the population in this country tell us what to do, make laws to satisfy them, and sue over building refineries for gas and drilling for oil.


    Plans for foreign oil companies, some from India and China, to drill off the cost of Cuba are prompting calls from lawmakers to ease environmental restrictions that prohibit coastal drilling in most of the U.S., according to a report Tuesday.

    At a time of rising soaring gasoline prices caused partly by a lack of supply, legislators are fuming that Cuba is opening up its continental shelf for oil and gas exploration while most of the U.S. continental shelf outside the Gulf of Mexico, which extends 200 miles from shore, has been off limits for drilling since the early 1980s, the New York Times reported.

    Adding insult to injury, the Times said U.S. firms were invited to bid on the Cuban contracts, but were barred by the U.S. government due to the country's longstanding economic embargo of communist Cuba.

    "Red China should not be left to drill for oil within spitting distance of our shores without competition from U.S. industries," Sen. Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, told the Times.

    Firms from Canada and Spain will also drill off the Cuban coast, the article said

    Craig is introducing a bill to exempt U.S. oil firms from the embargo, much as food and drug firms are, according to the article.

    There are also several bills moving through Congress aimed at opening up areas more areas of the U.S. to oil and gas exploration, including coastal waters and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

    Supporters of the bills, including the oil industry, say it would help bring down oil and gas prices and decrease the country's reliance on oil imports from the volatile Middle East.

    Gasoline prices have soared 33 percent over the last year, while the price of crude oil has tripled since 2002.

    But critics of more drilling say the energy obtained, which they say would be minimal and wouldn't bring down prices that much, isn't worth the environmental risks. They also say more drilling for a finite resource does nothing to promote long term conservation solutions.

    Most coastal states also oppose offshore drilling; fearing unsightly rigs and oil spills will hurt their tourism industries.

    The United States Geological Survey estimates the Cuban deal involves 4.6 billion barrels of oil and 9.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the Times. The paper said that's enough oil and gas to power the U.S. for a few months.

    The paper also cited an Interior Department study that said the U.S. continental shelf contained 115 billion barrels of oil and 633 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That would be enough oil to satisfy U.S. demand, at current consumption levels, for 16 years and enough natural gas for 25 years, according to the Times.

    Go an ask your congressman and senators why people are going to the FOOD banks, and free health clinics and the U.S. Reps’ are giving Universities/Colleges BIG checks/money for labs, new programs that help the university get RICHER, when the colleges are RICH already and the RICH university with all their money will not even bring down the price of tuition, look at the cost of tuition $4,000.00 a sem. The College/Universitys do not pay taxes, no property taxes, no corp tax rate either.

    Watch TV and CABLE see the light.
    Thanks

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  168. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 1:01 PM    link Stephen K. | Rochester, NY

    We need to currently be using our own oil instead of relying on foreign oil. Of course alternative energy will be good in the future, but they will take many years to develop and get the costs into a usable range. New technology is great, but not currently cost effective. We need to do what we can right now. We have the technology to find oil safely and better than any other country on the planet, we should be doing that now!

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  170. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 10:14 AM    link Richard M. | Pittsburgh, PA

    We need oil but we also need something else for future generation so do it all ... grow a pair congress ... heck take out pelosi if you have to and have some one else head the house if you have too.

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  172. Sun., Jun. 29, 2008 9:54 AM    link Joseph B. | Pittsburgh, PA

    In light of rising gas prices I feel that the best option would be to become energy independent. I believe the quickest solution to this would be drilling for our own oil on our own land. Refineries will also need to be built and the restrictions that hold back these refineries will need to be lifted. After time and after technology grows, alternate energy will be made more mature and realistic to depend on. The answer needed now however, is to drill!

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  174. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 7:50 PM    link Michael F. | Saint Clairsville, OH

    Please allow exploration and drilling in ANWR. We need all of the oil we can get from our own sources. This keeps dollars going to American companies, not to foreigners.
    Other countries that have oil, are laughing at you people that represent us. We want you to craft legislation to allow drilling on all Federal land. We have the technology to extract oil & gas without damaging the environment.
    Worry about alternative energy after we have what we need from ANWR, the Gulf of Mexico, The Dakotas, and the Rocky Mountain oil shale region.
    Businesses are hurting on Hilton Head Island, West Palm Beach, (we noticed because we were there), and else where. Americans are cutting back, just because they have to chose between food and gas, gas and vacation! Show that you are leaders, allow drilling, or you will be remembered at election time as uncaring about the average American.

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  176. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 6:02 PM    link Susan K. | Jesup, GA

    Please do your best to open up off shore drilling and drilling in ANWR. I am tired of the US being beholden to foreign and Middle Eastern countries.

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  178. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 9:24 AM    link Gary & Cheryl R. | Level Green, PA

    To our elected officials. The time has come for America to join the list of countries exploring & extracting their own resources. This is a matter of national security. We find it comical that we are sending President Bush begging the Saudis (who are not our friends) to do something we as a country won't do, DRILL for oil. There is strong belief that with the resources available in ANWR, off the outer continental shelf and the shale oil in the rockies, America has more oil than the entire middle east. The excuse that it will take 10 yrs. is a joke. We have yet to hear a drilling expert confirm that claim. It seems that only the "EXPERTS" in congress and the senate are making that claim. We all know that with todays technology, we can begin extracting our resources in less than half that time. If it weren't for former president Clinton vetoing ANWR in 1995 or 1996, we would be pumping oil out of that wasteland today. There are over 19 million acres in ANWR, and if I understand correctly, the oil co's. are only looking at about 2000 acres. The American people are rapidly beginning to figure out that it is our own Congress and Senate that is solely responsible for the energy crisis in America today, and if something isn't done soon, you can expect a very turbulent election day. We are demanding that any & all moratoriums on drilling and refineries be lifted immediately and that all research for alternative energy sources be put on the fast track, up to and including nuclear power. 70% of Americans favor drilling, yet you are blatantly ignoring the will of the American people. We are fed up with with the disconnect that Washington has with the citizens of this great country. GOD BLESS AMERICA. Now start drilling!!!!!

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  180. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 9:20 AM    link Charles A. | East Liverpool, OH

    We must end our dependance on foriegn oil. The focus on the World economy is over. Fix the problems here.

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  182. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 9:19 AM    link Charles A. | East Liverpool, OH

    We must end our dependance on foriegn oil. The focus on the World economy is over. Fix the problems here.

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  184. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 8:29 AM    link Tom W. | Saginaw, MI

    Listen to the American people allready.....DRILL NOW.

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  186. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 8:28 AM    link Tom W. | Saginaw, MI

  187. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 6:32 AM    link Robert C. | Pen Argyl, PA

    increase coal use, cheapest form of electrical energy. Than use electric cars too. convert coal to oil, gas, plastics, drugs etc. Open up Shale oil, largest pool of oil on the planet. Have railroads convert to 21st century coal burning steam locomotives, this will release large volume of diesel/home heating oil for trucks and home heating and reduce the price.

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  189. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 6:20 AM    link Allen L. | San Antonio, TX

    I'm sick and tired of being lied to by Democraps. Where they want to DRILL is not pristine but acually baren wasteland on ANWR coastal plain an about 2000 acres. We need to use the GOD GIVEN resourses given us. DRILL NOW.

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  191. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 5:28 AM    link Larry P. | Belle Vernon, PA

    Drilling in ANWR will be both short term and long term resolutions to not only the high gas prices now, but our dependency on other countries for fuel in the future. If China can drill off our coasts, why can't we?

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  193. Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 12:34 AM    link NICK R. | Greensburg, PA

    DRILL ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY IN NEED BE. OFFSHORE , TEXAS, ALASKA ETC. WHAT ABOUT SHALE OIL, WHAT ABOUT COAL OIL , WHAT ABOUT GRAIN ALCOHOL, WHAT ABOUT GRAIN FUELS???? , .. WE DON'T NEED TO DEPEND ON ANYONE, WE HAVE IT HERE IF THEY WILL STOP PLAYING TO THE INVIROMENTAL WACKOS.... WHAT DID THE GERMANS DO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY NEED FUEL

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