1. Where will the oil that is currently somewhere in Alaska — because we don’t know exactly where — going to end up? (hint: US gas tanks is not the answer.)

A: We know exactly where that oil is. They’ve pinpointed it to a 2,000 acre tract of land.

That oil will wind up in the United States if that’s part of the legislation. PERIOD.

2. How long will it take to find, pump, and refine this crude? Oh wait, I thought the reason we had high gas prices was that there was limited refining capacity, or at least that’s what the criminal Bush said last year. Ok, assuming we build more refineries, how long?

A: Actually, the stuff off California’s coast could be producing by this time next year.

As for the refining part, that would have to be part of the legislation. Once that’s done, a refinery could be built fairly quickly.

Finally, there’s technology for shale oil which harvests it almost in refined form.

Return question: What’s your proof that President Bush is a criminal? Allegations aren’t proof. Loud-mouthed idiots like yourself don’t get away with drive-by slanders here.

3. When you account for all of those exploration costs, and assuming that all of the oil will go to domestic consumption, what break will we see in the price of a gallon of gas?

I don’t have a dollar figure but it would be significant. Studies think that it’d drop gas by at least $1/gallon.

Just opening the OCS would increase domestic oil production by 2 million bbl/day. That wipes out the speculators, which experts think accounts for a minimum of $30/bbl.

and, finally:

4. What is the price on conservation land, even land that doesn’t have mountains or a pretty water view?

Not much when gas is $4/gallon & OTR’s are parking their trucks because diesel is $5/gallon.

The environment is a lovely thing to talk about when gas is cheap but that argument won’t work when there’s an artificial gas crisis.

-First off if drilling won’t make an impact for ten years why should we care about the environment because whatever we do won’t make an impact for decades.

-Second moonbat whine regarding impact on cost. Duh future markets on based on the availability of any commodity. By preventing production you increase speculation. Using the same Luddite logic, why bother about the environment because anything we do cannot impact on the environment anyway.

When these watermelons start with their Gaia mantra remember they want you to live an Amish lifestyle at best because deep down they see people as a problem and have stated most people should die. You can bet this number doesn’t include them.

Chief moonbat Al Gore has a home that consumes as much electricity as the 230 odd average US residences. Do you think he travels by Yugo?

Thats change we can believe in, is it?

What, no answers to my questions?

1. Where will the oil that is currently somewhere in Alaska — because we don’t know exactly where — going to end up? (hint: US gas tanks is not the answer.)

2. How long will it take to find, pump, and refine this crude? Oh wait, I thought the reason we had high gas prices was that there was limited refining capacity, or at least that’s what the criminal Bush said last year. Ok, assuming we build more refineries, how long?

3. When you account for all of those exploration costs, and assuming that all of the oil will go to domestic consumption, what break will we see in the price of a gallon of gas?

and, finally:

4. What is the price on conservation land, even land that doesn’t have mountains or a pretty water view?