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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jomamason: [QB] I dont normally do these types of things an I tend not to agree with agenda based groups because they will push their agendas DESPITE the facts but I feel this issue is very important. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a mear 5% of arctic tundra not available to drilling. In this 5% you have the summer breeding grounds for the largest remaining carabou heard on US soil, Polar bear breading grounds, breeding grounds for huge #'s of migratory waterfoul, not to mention the wolves, grizzelies, utilizing the area directly and indirectly. It is by far one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet. The oil extracted from this land will not be utilized for at least a decade and the amount it will produce is debatable an will not necessarily fill the need of the increasing demand of the US. We already pay less than most countries for fuel, an there are other options that can be explored. What is not debatable is this. THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT RECOVER FROM OIL DRILLING & THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, thats a fact. The climate, and location are factors which create a ecosystem that does not have a resiliant nature, decomposition takes centuries, and when environments such as this are disturbed it could take more than centuries for succesion to take its course to reclaim the land, Im talking a hundred years or more just for simple grasses to take hold of barren ground. ONE OIL SPILL in this area would virtually guarantee the loss of irriplacable habitat for these other species, an its almost a given that there will be more than one spill. I realize that this is not a popular subject among many who visit this site. But as a species and a Nation we have the capability to coexists as part of our environment without impacting it in detrimental and irreversible ways, it just takes more effort. An please, please dont take what the media or the politicians or the agenda groups say about environmental issues as any form of the truth. They only present the polarity of the situation, when in actuallity the issues are far more complex than is ever presented to the general public. Seek your own info, search out an ask the people who actually study the ecology of our planet an Im sure you'll find a much different story. Those who spend their lives researching the environmental interactions that drive this planet (me included) are not all gloom an doom. What we desire is an end to the short sightedness of our actions when we choose to alter the environment, when we dont even truely understand how all the pieces go together an interact an on how many levels (which is likely very vast). You wouldnt have someone who new nothing about engines, take one apart and expect to them to be able to put it back together if they didnt know how it operated in the first place, you'd waste a perfectly good engine. The ecosystem of this planet is much the same way, HOWEVER we've already chucked a bunch of pieces, an we're still not that sure of how it all goes together and operates. I know some of you may attack me as a bunny hugger or a leftest but that just isnt so. I tend to agree with the conservative's on most issues other than the environment. And given that the pronoun of CONSERVative is shared with CONSERVATION of our natural resources, I feel that the conservatives in politics dont live up to their namesake, they dont deal with environmental issues even mildly conservatively, an are won over by the factions who only wish to exploit our natural resources for personal an finacial gain. So I ask that you take a moment to sign this petition, its very quick an easy and you dont have to wade through any crap to do it. But really, really think about what is important in this world and what type of world we want left for future generations.The petition is at the following site an will be sent to the Pres an Congress. www.savearcticrefug.org Thanks Jomama PS - I do so look forward to the discussion I hope this generates. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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