Scooby Doo wrote:
A "fool" is someone who won't accept a compromise where he gets more than
92% of what he wants. ANWR is 19 million acres. The area identified as
the largest untapped petroleum supply in North America is 1.5 million
acres, or 7.9% of the 19 million.

Uh huh. And if "opening" that 7.9% negates the value of the rest, then
it's not enough, is it?

.. The proposal to open that 1.5 million
acres would create about 700,000 jobs, decrease our dependence on Middle
Eastern and other unstable foreign sources of energy, and allow 92.1% of
the wildlife refuge to remain untouched.

No, it will provide approx six months worth of oil at current
consumption, probably less by the time all is said and done, and cut
across the entire wildlife refuge disrupting migration & seasonal habitat.

In other words, for a couple days supply of oil (and huge profits to
those allowed "in"), you want to destroy the refuge. Good idea.

DSK