Latest Answers http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/210 a view of answers sorted by date for answer page en If our goal is to be energy self-sufficient, we do need to have conservation standards but that won’t solve it. We also have to develop the resources that we have both alternative as well as carbon and ANWR is an essential part of that. So if you don’t drill in ANWR there is no way you can ever come up with enough “stuff” to make us energy self-sufficient. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/if-our-goal-be-energy-self-sufficient%2C-we-do-need-have-conservation-standards-won%E2%80%99t-solve-it Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:51:02 -0600 971 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org Well, oil is being developed in Alaska at the present time from a number of sites. … That development can and should continue. On the other hand, I do not favor having oil development in what is known as the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. That refuge is a home for caribou. It is a place where even the slightest disturbance in terms of resource development could have a dramatic adverse affect on that herd. And that herd is the source of meat and clothing and other essentials for at least one large Native American village, called Arctic Village, which is just above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. I do not think that the risks of severe environmental harm are off-set by the relatively small amount of oil that could be captured from that reserve in the event that development takes place. So my judgment is, we should not develop there. I have a different view about the outer continental shelf. There is a tremendous reserve of both oil and natural gas on the outer continental shelf. A federal moratorium prevents any development there today. I think that we should offer the states the opportunity to permit development of that resource off of their shores, in exchange for receipt of a potion of whatever revenues the federal government would derive from that production. The U.S. needs a larger supply of oil and gas. That is self-evident. We are too dependent on importations for both at the present time. That dependency is growing. It is economically challenging for us; it also challenges our national security. The time has come to have more domestic resources. Instead of looking to AK, we should look to the outer cont shelf. But let states make the decision about whether development off their shores is the appropriate step. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/well%2C-oil-being-developed-alaska-present-time-number-sites.-%E2%80%A6-development-can-and-should-con Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:37:47 -0600 961 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org