Saturday, June 03, 2006
Kay Lusting for Black Gold in Alaska
More evidence in this Galveston County Daily News article on biodiesel that Sen. Hutchison can't wait to forever destroy the pristine wilderness in Alaska in exchange for a little oil:
Still, Hutchison said that despite the urgency of this type of clean-fuel initiative, she would vote to open up a portion of the 20 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Last Thursday, the contentious measure yet-again passed the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives 225-201, but has been repeatedly stymied by filibusters in the Senate.
The government estimates that only 10 billion barrels of oil are beneath the surface of the refuge — so the resulting flow of fossil fuel would only satisfy the country’s daily oil consumption for about 18 months.
