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

Scooby Doo wrote:
What "value" is being negated?

The value as wildlife refuge & habitat.

The other NINETY-TWO PERCENT REMAINS UNTOUCHED.

Try coming up with a scenario where destroying the Porcupine
Herd leaves 92 percent of the Gwich'in Nation "untouched".

Or leaves ANWR untouched for that matter.

But since your definition of "compromise" is rejecting a deal that
gives you over 92% of what you want, it's obvious you don't have a
rational cell in your brain.

Your "deal" leaves a few billion dollars in the pockets of a
certain sector of the oil industry and helps fund the State of
Alaska, but does virtually *nothing* else.

Some compromise!

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)