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This might be a long post. I wanted to give facts, and I've proven to myself that my memory isn't as shitty as I thought it was.

At 3/29/03 12:38 AM, Disguy_youknow wrote: ENVIRONMENT:
The drilling was set in a wildlife perserve.
An oilwell severly damages soil fertility of the surrounding soil, and hence the perserve would be runined.

Exactly. And from what I understand, it would've been offshore drilling, which would've not only disturbed the wildlife, but the sealife as well.

Wildlife reserves are just that. Preserved for a reason.

So, now we get to the rest of it. The facts. These also aren't just bullshit research stats, but from the US Geological Survey.

Keep in mind, the only drilling I ever had a problem with was in the ANWR. All other drilling sites that weren't in a nationally protected area (only 1.5 million acres, compared to the rest of the coastline) was fine by me.

This is a direct copy/paste.

Using the USGS estimates for undiscovered technically recoverable oil, a comparison between the federal study areas of NPRA and the ANWR 1002 area shows:
NPRA federal area = 22.5 million acres, 5.9 - 13.2 BBO, mean value of 9.3 BBO
ANWR 1002 federal area = 1.5 million acres, 4.3 - 11.8 BBO, mean value of 7.7 BBO

The US consumes 19.4 million barrels of oil a day. The US Department of Energy estimates that the consumption of oil will grow by 33 percent in 20 years. If this bill to drill had passed, it would have been 20 years before the peak amount of oil was being delivered. So! Let's do some math.

We'll do all the estimates, so it's fair.

Largest estimate of oil: 11.8 BBO divided by 19.4 million.

That would last the US 608 days. Rounded down from .2.

Mean average of lowest and higest estimate: 7.7 BBO divided by 19.4 million.

That would last the US 397 days. Rounded up from .9.

Lowest estimate of 4.3 BBO divided by 19.4 million.

That would last the US 222 days. Rounded up from .6.

Now, let's take into consideration the 1/3 growth of consumption.

That would be 25.8 million barrels per day.

I don't think I have to put it in such exact terms.

11.8 BBO divided by 25.8 million: Lasts 457 days.
7.7 BBO divided by 25.8 million: Lasts 298 days.
4.3 BBO divided by 25.8 million: Lasts 166 days.

Now, sadly? I think someone's going to argue with simple math, and the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Department of Energy. But hey. I rest my case. It's not worth it.

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At 3/28/03 09:01 PM, NEMESiSZ wrote:

At 3/28/03 08:52 PM, karasz wrote: the US GDP is larger than anyother nations GDP, what is this little bit going to do?

That's not true, you're thinking of GNP, which is not used very much anymore.

Actually Luxemborg has the highest GNP, 38,692$.