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Anti-ANWR drilling: pretty slick propaganda
PRUDEHOE BAY,
Alaska, July 3—An email circulating on the Internet exposes a liberal
misrepresentation of drilling in ANWAR.
We have included a largely edited version to provide another
perspective on the gasoline crisis. On the light side, Netflicks advertising now
suggests that you save gasoline by letting them deliver your movies! The gasoline crisis is affecting every
aspect of American life and commerce. This hampers not only the priests who
travel great distances to offer Mass, but also the laymen who may travel
hours to attend Mass.
Meanwhile the
Vatican has planted trees specifically as a “carbon offset” --no, not near Rome. It is unlikely that
the seedling trees will help lower gas prices… (See editorial “In the Green Scheme of Things”.)
FIRST… do you know
what ANWR is?
ANWR = Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge.
Now… A
comparison
And some perspective…
NOTE WHERE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AREA IS…
(it's in the "ANWR Coastal Plain")
THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS AND
"GREENS" SHOW YOU WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ANWR …and they are right…
these ARE photographs of ANWR
ISN'T ANWR BEAUTIFUL? WHY SHOULD WE DRILL HERE (AND
DESTROY) THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE?
WELL… THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HONEST.
Do you remember the map?
The map showed that the proposed drilling area is in the ANWR
Coastal Plain
Do those photographs look like a coastal plain to you?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE…
THAT IS NOT WHERE THEY WANT TO DRILL!
THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSED EXPLORATION SITE ACTUALLY LOOKS
LIKE IN WINTER.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE SUMMER
[A couple of satellite
maps from Google Earth are deleted. If you are interested in checking this
further, look up Prudehoe Bay on Google Maps, and then satellite imagery.]
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT DRILLING IS A BARREN WASTELAND. OH… AND THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE EFFECT ON THE LOCAL WILDLIFE…
HERE IS A PHOTO (SHOT DURING THE SUMMER) OF
THE
"DEPLETED WILDLIFE" SITUATION CREATED
BY DRILLING AROUND PRUDHOE BAY *…
HERE'S THAT SAME SPOT DURING THE WINTER.
HEY, THIS BEAR SEEMS TO REALLY HATE THE
PIPELINE NEAR PRUDHOE BAY *…
*The Prudhoe bay area accounts for 17% of U.S.
domestic oil production
Editor notes: The email concludes by asking why “Democrats are lying about
ANWAR” and writing about Al Gore’s suggestion to raise gas prices
artificially to $5.00 a gallon. Having surely provoked justifiable anger (by
oppressing the poor,) the writer asks:
“WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?”
Spread the word.
BIG OIL
Not confirmed. As of July 1, Snopes is
still investigating the truth of this email. Nevertheless,
many of the facts contained herein are known to be true and may offer a valid
perspective. Not edited. --Editor
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/bigoil.asp
Bill Phillips
spent nearly 50 years in the US oil and gas
industry; most
of his career was with the Phillips
Petroleum
Company. Bill is a descendant of
Frank Phillips.
Frank
Phillips, along with his brother Lee Eldas (L.E.)
Phillips, Sr.,
founded the original Phillips Petroleum
Company in
1917 in Bartlesville, OK. Do you
remember
Phillips 66 gas
stations? Phillips Petroleum
Company
merged with
Conoco, Inc. in 2002 to form the current
ConocoPhillips
oil company.
So, when Bill talks about oil and gas
issues, I tend to
listen - very
closely. I think that you will find Bill’s
thoughts and facts very revealing,
very compelling and very
difficult to
argue with.
As you prepare
to cast your crucial ballots this Fall,
please think
long and hard about the far-reaching,
cumulative
effects of the US political philosophies,
policies and
legislation that have contributed to the
current and
future US oil supply situation.
May 28,
2008