Ah, Global Warming. The Nuclear Winter, Breast Implants, and "The Russians Are Coming" all rolled into one. Never gonna get tired of "Global Warming".
Preserving Alaska? ANWR is the size of SOUTH CAROLINA. The pad to drill for oil is about 2000 acres - or the size of a small airport. Would South Carolina be ruined if they put a gravel pad and ice roads in? Yeah, didn't think so.
And the notion of "saving oil for a rainy day" is ludicrous considering the largest known oil reserve in the world is in Colorado. It's only a matter of time before that comes into play in a serious way.
The problem is a whole buncha people keep buying what those in charge are selling. Al "Occidental Petroleum/Elk Hills" Gore is selling Global Warming and you're buying. And there isn't going to be a "Manhattan Project" - that's the equivalent of Nero fiddling while Rome burns. There's no easy answer
Not drilling in ANWR is BAD FOR AMERICA. It costs us jobs and countless revenue and gives more money to people like Chavez and the House of Saud. Bad business. And everyday we wait means 10 more years without oil.
Mother earth can take care of herself. She'll be more than happy to put us in our place.
I love my SUV. Big, roomy enough to take my family (including dogs), my stuff, and excellent in the winter. Of course, I carpool and have for a long time.