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Originally Posted by Dunk31

If we were to tap into the Alaskan Oil fields we'd have enough oil to sustain for over 100 yrs... easily. But that won't ever happen, until they find a way to drill and guarantee no spills in the national reserves, forests, parks, etc.

they are working on that already with bendable drilling lines that can go down, then snake along at a certain depth to scavenge the oil in the surrounding miles. and is that 100yrs estimate add in the number of new cars on the road and drivers as well, plus military, airways, etc?

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

So...Alaska has a ton of oil. And, did someone say that Canada has 5 times as much oil as the Saudi's? Hmmm....So. Here we are...sucking up and paying trillions for all the middle easter oil. When they run out...and they need it...who will they come to....:p Hypothetically speaking, of course.

Makes for a good conspiracy theory, though.

canada is estimated to have a bunch of oil, however like they said, its in the sand below the surface, and it takes a lot more $$ to mine and refine it than normally.

Originally Posted by Jak

Soo, with the millions of acres of forest land up in Alaska, these freaking tree huggers are gonna tell that a ten acre +/- chunk of land for the oil rigs are going to destroy the land up there? What about that huge reserve they just found a few years ago in the Gulf of Mexico? Mexico's already exploring the area getting ready to drill. If it means getting out from under opecs thumb, I say go for it. If it were me, I'd tap those reserves, but for a limited time and put more money into research on alternate fuels, until we're weened off the huge amount of oil we buy from opec.

the main thing is that the system we have now works. and everyone has always known that prices will rise as the days go by so they just accept it.


What I want to know, is why people will bitch about $3.00 a gallon for gas, but will walk into the store and pay the same price for a 1/2 liter of Water?!?! Wiskey Tango Foxtrot