Letters to the Editor are the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Sheridan Express.
It’s regrettable that comments and a Letter to the Editor in today’s News Press indicate that there are still those who believe that oil prices will decrease if only drilling in the ANWAR would take place. It is well known that there are about 6 months supply of oil in the ANWAR and those limited supplies are not easily accessible. Oil and gas prices are not going down! We have reached the end of cheap oil. In additon, tax incentives to rich oil companies continue, and obviously contribute to high gas prices. Oil companies’ profits are now the highest in history!
It has been well documented that drilling for oil in that fragile, unique natural treasure would require extreme effort because the oil is not just sitting there waiting to be harvested. Oil reserves around the world are less and less accessible. George Bush seems to believe that drilling in the ANWAR can be done in an environmentally sound way. How is digging, draining, grading roads and running large equipment considered to be environmentally responsible? Once the big equipment, the manpower, the noise, the trash and all that is required to reach the oil attacks the area, that fragile environmental treasure will be destroyed. And for what? Six months’ supply of oil?! Then what? Will everyone line up to offer their back yards to be drilled in hopes that a few more drops of oil may be captured?!!
Americans must acknowledge that our addiction to oil cannot continue, like it or not. The environmental disaster we now face is proof that the oil culture is over, and unless we quickly change our consumerist, destructive ways, it will be too late to save this beautiful green planet that supports the health and welfare of the human species!
Sincerely,
Shirley Yurkonis
Savannah, MO
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