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...plenty of clout. While Bush told Congress last week that he would support efforts to conserve energy and develop alternatives to fossil fuels, he also declared that "we can produce more energy at home while protecting our environment." Translation: I still want to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...
...television set on Saturday afternoon when other, smarter kids were out running around. The first one that made an impression on me (coincidentally, Harryhausen's first solo commercial hit) was "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms," a 1953 B-feature starring a "rhedosaurus" awakened from eons-long slumber in arctic ice by - what else? - nuclear testing. It was based on a Saturday Evening Post story by longtime Harryhausen crony Ray Bradbury...
...promises into national policy. The energy bills now moving through Congress should incorporate measures to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The almost single-minded focus of the current proposals on increasing the production of fossil fuels--as seen in the misguided drive to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--should not be allowed to crowd out measures for reducing energy demand, such as increasing the fuel efficiency of new cars or issuing incentives for better insulation of new homes. These measures would fulfill the same energy and national security goals, and they would be more economically...
...billion barrels of economically recoverable crude oil, which is less than America consumes in six months. Focusing on energy conservation and efficiency would be a far more effective path: according to the National Resources Defense Council, 51 billion barrels of oil--approximately 16 times the yield from the arctic refuge--could be saved by improving the average fuel efficiency in new cars, sport utilities and light trucks over the next decade from 24 to 39 miles per gallon...
...Arctic Refuge is home to a multitude of polar bears, grizzlies, wolves, caribou and a number of endangered species. Furthermore, it is part of the last 5 percent of Alaska's coastline that is not already open to oil exploration. This magnificent wilderness should not be put in jeopardy for six months worth of oil. It would be horrific if the refuge became a new Prudhoe Bay, a polluted oil field with 1,500 miles of roads and pipelines, 1,400 producing wells and 60 contaminated waste sites...