Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
There are so many other areas to explore, and other resources to develop that would help us develop renewable energy that endangering the wilderness is just needless. It would take years - the usual time quoted is ten years - before we ever got a drop of oil even if they started the process tomorrow. I hope in ten years time we will be less dependent on oil, period.

Karen, you are so right. This policy is so short sighted. Short term gain
for a forever loss of these beautiful gifts of nature. (our heritage)