Re: Never Ending Story

Just like Mr. Baca claims, there is a never ending story. Its about environmentalists claiming there is nothing we can do to ease oil production.

Mr. Baca's worry, it seems, is that a certain Californian Congressman has tried to introduce legislation to drill oil out of ANWR. In arguing that drilling ANWR is futile, he points out that our United States consumes 25% of the world's oil but only sits on 3%. According to this statistic from the US DOE, cited on Wikipedia, we actually sit on top of 17% of the worlds oil. That's nearly six times what Baca quotes! Furthermore, from the same sources, ANWR is the largest deposit of oil in North America. Which makes me wonder why Mr. Baca opposes self-substinence for our oil needs?

He quotes things he's heard from environementalist friends, claiming, basically, that saving money on oil is not worth the problems it will cause for polar bears. Others disagree! According to an Associated Press article from 2002, the Secretary of the Interior says that won't happen.

We should presue alternative energy options. However, it is delusional to think we can just give up on oil until an alternative is found. We need years to develop, and years (maybe decades!) more to move the bulk of the nation's autos onto it.

Are these kind of solutions what we should expect from Land Commisioner Jim Baca?