Drilling supporters also grossly understate the impact of drilling when they speak of only a 2,000-acre “footprint” in the Arctic. The reality is that oil would mean roads, lodgings, pipelines, security fences, guard stations and airstrips ˜ and my children would never be able to experience the Arctic as I have.
***Another trip
to the Sierra this weekend, this time with my oldest son - and maybe my daughter?
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Posted by Dan Mitchell on Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 10:28 am, and filed under Commentary.Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed.Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
2003.09.11
***Casting a Cold Eye on Arctic Oil
- Special report from the New York Times:
***Another trip
to the Sierra this weekend, this time with my oldest son - and maybe my daughter?
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