Do You Know Where They Want To Drill In ANWR?

Do You Know Where They Want To Drill In ANWR?
By Douglas Turner, AM Thinker

I spent a month traveling in the Brooks Range and North Slope in 2004. Here are several things I learned:

1. When Prudhoe Bay was developed around 1970, the Greens screamed that the pipeline woould destroy the herds of caribou and musk oxen by blocking migration. The fact is that the pipeline stands eight feet above the tundra in order to prevent melting of the permafrost (a bad thing!). They migrate back and forth freely and ignore the pipe. Actually the herds have increased to about three times their 1970's size. During harsh winters, they gather under the pipe and absorb a little bit of radiated heat (oil moves through at 140 deg. F). Their survival rate is enhanced by a bit of winter protection.

2. The area around Prudhoe Bay is heavily protected... both flora and fauna. No one leaves the Prudhoe compound (an exception is a brief time and area during caribou hunting season). A clerk at the Prudhoe general store told me of a recent incident in which a contract employee was seen throwing rocks at a red fox which was pestering him. He was summarily fired and put on the next plane out.

3. Trucks which drive the haul road between Prudhoe and Fairbanks are under many environmental restrictions. If a truck leaks oil, the driver must place a drip pan underneath at every stop. Then the truck must be repaired ASAP.

4. Once the Prudhoe fields are finally depleted (a few decades from now) the area will, by law, be completely cleaned up and restored to it's original, pristine condition. Everyone will then leave. ANWR will be the same.

Basically there are many lies being told about ANWR. How many Greens have actually gone there and seen the truth?

Goose egg!

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