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To: hmaly who wrote (138725)	8/10/2001 5:56:17 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) of 1571212

Most Americans who want to protect the Arctic refuge will never see it, and there’s good reason for that. In February when the sun hardly comes up, temperatures drop to an average of about 4 degrees below zero. And in the endless days of July, visitors can hardly breathe without sucking mosquitoes down their throats. Some Alaskans familiar with the refuge, like oil consultant Ken Boyd, don’t understand the attraction of the place. “You can’t see the end of the world from there, but you’re pretty darn close,” says Boyd, a geophysicist who once directed Alaska’s Division of Oil and Gas. We are not talking the same language. Preservation means just that. This ain't an amusement park. If we turn into one, it's not preservation anymore. They are restricting and closing off large areas of the Galapagos Islands because they are becoming a replacement for Disney Land. By the way, the geophysicist quoted doesn't sound exactly unbiased. I have no objection to leaving ANWR alone if you could actually tell the truth, and come up with actual good reasons not to drill. Simple preservation of a refuge set aside for the benefit of the fauna and flora that lives there. Someone earlier posted about the Exxon Valdez and what it cost Exxon to clean up Prince William's Sound. I have just seen recent footage of PWS. The place is far from clean. In the footage someone was moving shore rocks to show thick oil residue under and between them. An underwater camera was used to show the film of oil covering the sea bed in the area where they were shooting. To say it is just some lousy oil, signifies to me that you have no idea how important oil is to our existence every day; and you have no idea how hard it will be to wean America off of cheap oil. Ridiculous, patronizing statement. I am not oblivious to the realities of modern life. It's just some lousy oil in the context of the total world oil supply. Al

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