Rep. Bob Latta is at it again. Following up on George H.W. Bush's statement that "The American way of life is NOT up for negotiation . . .", Mr. Latta stated his demand that the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) be opened for oil drilling:
"If we had the North Slope open right now at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge you'd be talking about a million barrels a day. In my opinion this is a life or death issue for our country. When you had cheap oil you could say we don't need to be drilling - we [could] let other countries do it. It might take a few years getting things organized, but oil in this country is going to be massively consumed for the next 25 to 30 year".
Zounds! That's scary! The ANWR only has about 10 billion barrels of oil. The U.S. consumes 20 million per day right now. Massive consumption is what Mr. Latta hopes to keep going with his demand for the drilling - and thereby preserving the the current version of the American Dream. Trouble is that the 10 billion barrels even if available right NOW would only last us about one year.
Come on, Bob - it's reality check time. Don't hinder the changes needed to help our country survive what's coming. You and your cronies can no longer tell us we can have our cake and eat it too.
So, cut the slick sing-songing - otherwise there ain't gonna be an America at all in any form in the future. It's time to find some political courage guy and tell it like it is and begin to make preparations to take the hit that is almost on our doorstep.
"If we had the North Slope open right now at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge you'd be talking about a million barrels a day. In my opinion this is a life or death issue for our country. When you had cheap oil you could say we don't need to be drilling - we [could] let other countries do it. It might take a few years getting things organized, but oil in this country is going to be massively consumed for the next 25 to 30 year".
Zounds! That's scary! The ANWR only has about 10 billion barrels of oil. The U.S. consumes 20 million per day right now. Massive consumption is what Mr. Latta hopes to keep going with his demand for the drilling - and thereby preserving the the current version of the American Dream. Trouble is that the 10 billion barrels even if available right NOW would only last us about one year.
Come on, Bob - it's reality check time. Don't hinder the changes needed to help our country survive what's coming. You and your cronies can no longer tell us we can have our cake and eat it too.
So, cut the slick sing-songing - otherwise there ain't gonna be an America at all in any form in the future. It's time to find some political courage guy and tell it like it is and begin to make preparations to take the hit that is almost on our doorstep.
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