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I've signed it, but I know that it won't make a hill-of-beans difference with our current energy situation in this country. One petition won't do much, but if this sort of effort can serve as the beginning to get more support and initiate a true movement in peoples' mindset and actually get a energy policy enacted that's more focused on 20 years down the road instead of the next two or three fiscal quarters, then all the better.
I support the drilling for oil in ANWAR but I also realize this isn't our 'get out of jail free' card either. There's only so much petroleum to go around in there - perhaps enough to stave off some of the market forces we are experiencing now, but it is by no means a long-term solution. More drilling offshore should be allowed as well as in known source areas such as Colorado and North Dakota (latter just saw voters actually approve of this). At some point there will have to be a dynamic shift in how we generate energy for our needs, but we will never fully eliminate the need for petroleum sourced products from our lives.....a lot more than just fuel is derived from it. I do believe that some proven sources of energy aside from gasoline is necessary to become more independent from foreign sources as well as being greener in the process.
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disregard my post.Comment
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ya, like a bunch of internet peoplez signing a petition is going to make a difference. Not to mention it's going to take 10-15 years to get any oil out of ANWR even if we start drilling tomorrow.
Nice idea, and I acknowledge that we need more sources for oil (even if it means drilling in ANWR), but this petition just isn't going to be helpful
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I signed it. Must be a pretty serious thing, especially if they're giving Canadians a say.Comment
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Signed.
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stop thinking about your self and help us all out. there are lots of people in america who's life you could improve by signing this! not only will it decrease gas prices but it will create american jobs and boost the economy. plus american dependence on eastern oil is scary. they can jerk us every which way and lead us around by our noses and we cant do shit about it. also if your not signing this because you are tree hugging hippy stop smoking so much dope and wake up to reality. until there is a viable alternate to gas engines oil is the only way to go. the production and disposal of one hybrid car battery is just as bad for the earth as a life time of a gas cars co2 emissions.
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get out of your gay hillbilly truck and back into a real car!:hitler:sigpic
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signedThe American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -Alexis de TocquevilleOriginally posted by Fusion
The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
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if the usa got serious and started drilling, oil would come down in price immediately.
proven reserves and potential oil shale reserves in the western states, which are now economically viable, are enough to satisfy our own oil consumption for 200 yrs.
the only way to get noticed in washington dc is thru things like this petition. if the bastards finally figure out there's political fallout from not listening, they may start to pay attention.
and enough of the fucking argument it won't make any difference for 10yrs. the damn greens and left have used that position for the last 25yrs. it's bullshit.
it's got to start somewhere“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place”
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Are we drilling yet?
There's too much money in other countries oil to worry about ours right now.Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
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im thinking about getting a transfer pump and drilling on my own at wayzata amoco at 3amComment
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"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the [federal] government." ~ James Madison
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Hear about the truck w/ trailer that pulled over the pumps and sucked 1000 gal in one swoop?Comment
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