The Burning Bush was calling to tap the ANWR at a
speech in Ohio yesterday, saying that turning the beautiful wilderness of Alaska into a moonscape would reduce our dependence on furrin earl by 1 million barrels a day.
But Bush said oil
exploration can be limited to a 2,000-acre site -- "the size of the Columbus airport" -- and could be done
"with almost no impact on land or local wildlife."
Emphasis mine.
The rising prices (of oil) have prompted new calls by several senators for Bush to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and put off new purchases for the stockpile.
Bush has rejected previous calls to ease price spikes by releasing oil from the reserve, which he says should be left intact for national emergencies.
But Schumer said tapping the oil reserve would be a money-making proposition for the government, since it would be releasing crude into the market when prices are high and could buy back those stockpiles when prices come down. And Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, said Bush's refusals amount to "a gift to the oil companies."
"Taxpayers are paying to fill the SPRO with the highest prices ever," she said. "That makes no sense while our consumers are facing this madness at the pump."
But it makes plenty of sense to a president whose only energy policy is to make sure his oil buddies ride the slippery train to Hell on the most obscene profits possible.
No conservation, no alternative fuels, no anything that would cut the slimy black albatross from around our neck.
Here's a little something from the Office of John Kerry:
Increasing the efficiency of new buildings could save more than 1 million barrels of oil equivalent every day and boosting automobile efficiency by as little as 3 miles per gallon -- well within the capabilities of automobile manufacturers today -- would save 1 million barrels of oil each day. That's more than double the potential oil production of the Refuge, and it reduces dependence on fossil fuel, cuts air pollution and saves money. And unlike drilling in the Refuge, conservation has immediate benefits because energy savings can begin now and grow.
But of course, we can't have anything as sensible as that.
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... and as always...
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words