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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I turn a blind eye to nothing. Again, post the article advocating safer drilling. But we need oil - all of us and we all use it essentially with relatively little care or regard for what it does to the environment to get it. Again, who here who has a car actually walks instead of drives. If anyone answers that in the affirmative - do you do it in the rain or for more than a mile? I think most do not. Why? Well, because that is inconvenient Not using oil is not a viable alternative until there is no more left. So, I say drill it all now - why should Alaska be spared the ravages thust upon the rest of the world and this nation and I still say that the harm will be relatively minor due to the advances in drilling tech.

You are wrong about the harm, did you read the articles? And - I do not drive. If you care to read it, here is an article why drilling in the arctic would not be cost effective at all.
http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Do...ve-Summary.pdf