NightTrain
VIP Member
I've been saving, still going to get a Hummer with a turbo diesel! If it gets over 10 MPG, I'm going to put a super turbo kit on it. It goes without saying, 40" Super Swampers to tear the pristine wilderness into mud are priority #1.
I'll post the pictures so Spilly gnashes his teeth with Greenie fired fury.
Regarding the ANWR drilling...
It's done with minimal footprint, these days. The Caribou here in Alaska couldn't care less about the pipeline that already runs from the North Slope to Valdez. It was designed to not interfere with the migration of the Caribou by rising above the ground and below earth in certain areas. Up on the North Slope, thousands of Caribou have taken refuge by ducking behind the pipeline to get out of the wind when it's particulary nasty out. After an oil field winds down, the terrain is almost completely restored to how it was prior to construction of the facilities - the oil companies pay out big bucks for all of their structures to be temporary and yet safe.
Transportation is done chiefly in the winter months, and it's done by building ice roads so that the tundra isn't harmed in any way - when spring rolls around, the road melts without any trace.
We've already got the means to transport the oil from the North Slope to Valdez, it's completely assinine not to tap into the reserves there.
The political game is played with words - how many times have you people down in the Lower 48 heard the term 'Pristine Alaskan Wilderness' used to describe ANWR? Countless times, I'm sure. The fact is, it's a barren, featureless landscape for as far as the eye can see. The problem is the Democrats give in to the greenie's demands to stop progress with drilling in ANWR. They couldn't care less about where we get oil from, this is evident from their efforts worldwide against any oil company. It's their Holy Grail of crusades.
With any luck, the Republicans will pick up just a few more seats in the next election & ANWR will be opened up. It won't solve all of our energy needs, but it will be a large step in the right direction.
I'll post the pictures so Spilly gnashes his teeth with Greenie fired fury.
Regarding the ANWR drilling...
It's done with minimal footprint, these days. The Caribou here in Alaska couldn't care less about the pipeline that already runs from the North Slope to Valdez. It was designed to not interfere with the migration of the Caribou by rising above the ground and below earth in certain areas. Up on the North Slope, thousands of Caribou have taken refuge by ducking behind the pipeline to get out of the wind when it's particulary nasty out. After an oil field winds down, the terrain is almost completely restored to how it was prior to construction of the facilities - the oil companies pay out big bucks for all of their structures to be temporary and yet safe.
Transportation is done chiefly in the winter months, and it's done by building ice roads so that the tundra isn't harmed in any way - when spring rolls around, the road melts without any trace.
We've already got the means to transport the oil from the North Slope to Valdez, it's completely assinine not to tap into the reserves there.
The political game is played with words - how many times have you people down in the Lower 48 heard the term 'Pristine Alaskan Wilderness' used to describe ANWR? Countless times, I'm sure. The fact is, it's a barren, featureless landscape for as far as the eye can see. The problem is the Democrats give in to the greenie's demands to stop progress with drilling in ANWR. They couldn't care less about where we get oil from, this is evident from their efforts worldwide against any oil company. It's their Holy Grail of crusades.
With any luck, the Republicans will pick up just a few more seats in the next election & ANWR will be opened up. It won't solve all of our energy needs, but it will be a large step in the right direction.