As I have previously posted, I will be including the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge in the focus of this blog. The American public knows little about this issue, unlike the Gulf Coast controversy. In Alaska, oil production is a key part of the economy. Several oil companies have wells around the state and off the coasts. However, these hundreds of other wells are apparently not enough as it has been proposed and debated for some time to build a well in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
The ANWR is made up of 19,000,000 acres of land in the Northwestern corner of the state. For years this region has been set aside as a haven for animals and nature lovers, however, a proposed oil well could change all of this. Area 1002 is the proposed area for drilling, and represents less than 2,000 acres. That is less than ten percent of the entire refuge, therefore you may ask, why not drill? Well, in my opinion allowing drilling in this area will only lead to more drilling in other areas as oil exploration has not been completed throughout the entire refuge and mass amounts of oil could be available.
Several people are in favor of drilling in the ANWR to reduce gasoline prices, however, as I’ve stressed in my other posts, this will not happen…EVER. Drilling in ANWR would only produce .4-1.2% of the gasoline and oil that the world consumes by 2030. Here is a video on the dangers and realities of drilling in the Alaskan region
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