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ERPS...no...that is 15-30 years we can LEASE that right to an oil company so that we can USE the public resource. We get the lease money and the taxes on each barrel...they get to make an average 8% profit. How do you propose to use this public resource otherwise? Keep it in the ground?
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Actually, that was some sarcasm on my part. I've actually changed my opinion on drilling in ANWR. I previously thought it wasn't worth the risk for the environmental degredation that I thought was probably going to occur back then. I think the drilling companies have gotten better at their jobs and the argument that it might actually be better for the environment if we do it, instead of someone else, holds some weight with me and the argument that it's Amercian jobs and a little less money that's not going to the middle east holds a lot of weight with me.