goldenhinde

Drilling in ANWR: What's Not to Like?

What is the purpose of increasing the supply of that which someone is addicted to? It doesn't help eliminate the addiction.

Avoiding the pain of the transition to the post-hydrocarbon future is silly at best and absurd at worst. Transitions are painful - mostly because those who are asleep are very disturbed by the nature of change.

Oil and hydrocarbons are not cheap. That is absurd. They appear cheap because under our current economic system one does not have to account for cleaning up the environmental mess one makes. That cost goes on the taxpayers or the next generation's balance sheet. Aside from the morality of it (or lack thereof) it is fundamentally a condition of no integrity.

If you build an economic model which distorts or fails to account for reality (cleaning up the mess one makes) they you will get what you deserve. HINT: It ain't pretty.

ANWR: Sure, why not. It may help a little but helping a little will be of marginal utility. It is more like helping a very little.

Change behavior. There you go. You have to wonder. While SUV purchases are down by 25% - THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE STILL AT 75% of normal. Now, that blows my mind.

American innovation is the only "thing" that has the real possibility of saving us. It is what we are best at and something the rest of the world cannot duplicate.

All economic and tax activity in this country shoudl be structured to stimulate, support and sustain innovation.

If you want to "sit this out" with your money in cash - big taxes.

Citizens have an obligation to the country and to the next generation. Too bad if you don't like paying for it. Sacrifice means you.- that's right - YOU!