Tuesday, March 01, 2011
New Study Shows That Offshore Drilling Could Make Alaska the Eighth Largest Oil Producer in the World
Someday, American citizens are going to demand that the government allow the use of Alaska's abundant resources.
How can we accept being SO dependent on foreign (hostile) oil suppliers, while we have a bonanza in our own (OK, Sarah Palin's) backyard?...
How can we accept being SO dependent on foreign (hostile) oil suppliers, while we have a bonanza in our own (OK, Sarah Palin's) backyard?...
Penny Starr recently reported this at CNSnews.com:
"The report -- by the consulting firm Northern Economics and the University of Alaska-Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research -- says that developing Alaska’s OCS could produce almost 10 billion barrels of oil and 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, create around 55,000 new jobs and produce $145 billion in new payroll nationally, generating a total of $193 billion in government revenue through the year 2057."
