St. Louis Sprawl Contributes to Destruction of Alaska Wilderness
The Bush Administration is pushing hard to open the Alaska Wilderness to oil exploration – in part to keep those SUVs in Chesterfield and St. Charles County blissfully humming along our highways. Destroying Missouri farm land and waterways isn’t enough. Why should Alaska be immune from the ravages of our culture?
A recent article on drilling in Alaska indicates an estimated 10 Billion barrels of oil is there. Wow, sounds like a lot of oil. It will take at least 10 years to get that oil out of the Earth. Here is the real kicker, given our current rate of consumption this oil is a six month supply. Yes, you read that right – only six months of oil. Ruin a wonderful wilderness area for a six month oil supply 10 years from now?
WTF?
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– Steve
The difference between those that put the president in office and those like myself reminds me of my favorite line from the film “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.”
“I don’t know if that ugly wall of suburbia has been put up to stop them getting in, or us getting out.”