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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End?

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From: Doug R5/12/2005 4:52:11 PM
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"...we have our military in the Middle East fighting so that we can continue to purchase oil from that region"

The letter, dated April 4, 2005, starts off by defending the Republican Congress’ push of House Resolution 6, energy legislation that allows drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). While critics say the oil in ANWR would last only six months, Lungren argues that it could last 25 years by being used to “supplement rather than replace our need for foreign oil.” (Congress passed the bill on April 21.)

But it’s what comes next that caught Eaton’s attention. While discussing the nation’s dependency on foreign oil, Lungren writes, “I feel quite strongly that as long as we have our military in the Middle East fighting so that we can continue to purchase oil from that region, we have an obligation to find alternatives to foreign oil. It is difficult to justify the death of even one soldier when we are not doing everything in our power to explore options for oil within our country.”

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In a letter from Dan Lungren, Republican Congressman, to a constituent, defending the decision to open ANWR to oil extraction.
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