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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (516)6/16/2008 1:07:20 PM
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Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be Opened to Oil Drilling?

Pros
>The proceeds from drilling could dramatically lower the price of oil, leading to another economic boom.
>It would lessen our dependence on foreign oil, especially in the Middle East.
>Drilling could easily be done without disrupting the refuge or damaging the environment.
>It would dramatically help the economy and the people of Alaska.
>The drilling and land development would create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Cons
>It takes the focus off the real cause of the oil shortage -- our excessive consumption.
>A beautiful wildlife refuge would be disturbed by humans once again, with animal lives changed in the process.
>The drilling may not yield much of anything.
>The reserve can be saved as a last resort decades from now when we've exhausted other supplies.

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