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To: tejek who wrote (539839)	12/31/2009 12:55:23 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

>>> I think the US should strive to be much less oil dependent. The benefits to be derived are not just economic. Yet, the only conceivable means of becoming energy independent in the US, other than the very, very long term, would mean drilling offshore and/or in ANWR. And you oppose both of those.

To: tejek who wrote (539839)	12/31/2009 3:42:58 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

The benefits to be derived are not just economic. I would say rather that "the benefits to be derived are not economic". "Not just economic", implies that there are economic benefits. Well "economic benefits" is more complex than it sounds, you could assign a value to some thing you are probably calling non-economic benefits, and call them economic benefits, but in dollar terms its a large net cost, likely in broader economic terms as well, but that isn't so simple or obvious as the dollar cost measure (even though dollar cost is complex enough by itself).