Mar
22
The Drilling in ANWR Pros and Cons
Every time an election is held for any office, the subject of ANWR drilling eventually comes up in discussion. It takes a decent understanding of all the issues involved to join the discussion.
The anwar drilling issue starts in the beautiful state of Alaska. ANWR is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a little more than 19 million acres in the North Slope in Alaska. In 1960 the government named it a protected area and has added even more land since then. Part of the purpose for protecting the area is to protect the resources there. That seems a bit odd since while protected the resources can’t be exploited Is protecting resources good when it blocks the use of those resources?
When conversationalists lost the battle to block the Alaskan pipeline they turned their attention to stopping ANWR drilling. Their hope was to preserve areas that hadn’t been spoiled, in their opinion, by the pipeline. This was done in 1976. Jimmy Carter created over 100 million acres of national parks in Alaska, stipulating that drilling in ANWR could only happen with the approval of the Congress. Both pro and anti drilling people went into action. One side was angry at Carter for requiring Congressional approval for drilling, while the other side was angry at him for even allowing the possibility of drilling in the area.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service recommended opening ANWR drilling in November of 1986. It proposed a trade of ANWR land for land owned by Eskimo tribes to accomplish this. Environmentalists stepped in with concerns about the movement of caribou. Canada and the US agreed that Canada would be consulted before any drilling took place, which ended discussion of the proposed land swap.
People keep arguing over the possibility of ANWR drilling. Oil taken from the area would improve national security by cutting dependence on foreign oil, say the pro drilling people. What many people don’t realize is that a vast majority of US oil comes from Russia and South America. Both are rather stable oil suppliers.
Those against ANWR drilling continue to point to environmental concerns. The same types of people fight to stop nuclear power plants, which would reduce the need for oil and coal plants the same people say pollute.
ANWR drilling will continue to be a major discussion. Even if drilling begins, people will try to stop it and the cycle will continue.
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