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05-25-06, 08:48 PM
Go Roscoe! :pibo:
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Opposes Drilling in ANWR
Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett spoke in opposition to a bill, H.R. 5429, that would open the Antarctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling. A copy of his prepared remarks is below:
"In the past year, two major studies were done for the federal government, one for the Department of Energy and one by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Both said that we were at peak oil -- when the maximum oil production capacity in the world will be reached -- and that the consequences would be devastating.
America has only 2 percent of the world's known oil reserves." We produce 8 percent and consume 25 percent of the oil produced worldwide and import close to 2/3 of the oil we use.
With those statistics in mind, I am having trouble understanding how it is in our national security interest to use up our little bit of oil as quickly as we can.
If we could pump ANWR tomorrow, what would we do the day after tomorrow?
We are saddling our children and grandchildren with an unconscionable debt.
We should not deny them access to these finite energy sources.
Drilling in ANWR is not the right thing to do at this time."
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Opposes Drilling in ANWR
Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett spoke in opposition to a bill, H.R. 5429, that would open the Antarctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling. A copy of his prepared remarks is below:
"In the past year, two major studies were done for the federal government, one for the Department of Energy and one by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Both said that we were at peak oil -- when the maximum oil production capacity in the world will be reached -- and that the consequences would be devastating.
America has only 2 percent of the world's known oil reserves." We produce 8 percent and consume 25 percent of the oil produced worldwide and import close to 2/3 of the oil we use.
With those statistics in mind, I am having trouble understanding how it is in our national security interest to use up our little bit of oil as quickly as we can.
If we could pump ANWR tomorrow, what would we do the day after tomorrow?
We are saddling our children and grandchildren with an unconscionable debt.
We should not deny them access to these finite energy sources.
Drilling in ANWR is not the right thing to do at this time."