Thursday, May 26, 2005
ANWR and Oil Myths
With the rising cost of fuel coupled with dependency on foreign oil, there seems to be few if any reasons to "save" the desolate area known as ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) from oil drilling. Even Paul Driessen, is supported by one of the c0ofounders of Greenpeace (Patrick Moore) in the former's attack on bad energy and ecology ideas.
Fossil fuels currently provide 85% of our energy needs according to the Department of Energy. The information on the vast amounts of oil that could be taken from Alaska has been updated as of May 12.
Now some people may feel that by using Alaskan oil, we will reduce our need to import it (true) and that the other result will be that we will reduce the funding to terrorists (difficult to prove). In fact, I have been inundated with silly e-mails telling me where to buy my gasoline. These urban myths have been debunked. Those who are interested in actual figures should check out the DoE website. Based on DoE information for the calendar year of 2004, some of the companies attacked in the e-mail are not guilty of the charge!
So, in 2004, which companies did not buy from the Persian Gulf region (defined as: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates)? Among names who deal in retail gasoline are:
SUNOCO INC (the offical fuel of NASCAR
SHELL OIL CO
SINCLAIR OIL CORP
The other big players named in the silly e-mail appear to have impoted oil from the Persian Gulf region even though some were "shown" to have not imported anything from the region.
Ahh, well...
Fossil fuels currently provide 85% of our energy needs according to the Department of Energy. The information on the vast amounts of oil that could be taken from Alaska has been updated as of May 12.
Now some people may feel that by using Alaskan oil, we will reduce our need to import it (true) and that the other result will be that we will reduce the funding to terrorists (difficult to prove). In fact, I have been inundated with silly e-mails telling me where to buy my gasoline. These urban myths have been debunked. Those who are interested in actual figures should check out the DoE website. Based on DoE information for the calendar year of 2004, some of the companies attacked in the e-mail are not guilty of the charge!
So, in 2004, which companies did not buy from the Persian Gulf region (defined as: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates)? Among names who deal in retail gasoline are:
SUNOCO INC (the offical fuel of NASCAR
SHELL OIL CO
SINCLAIR OIL CORP
The other big players named in the silly e-mail appear to have impoted oil from the Persian Gulf region even though some were "shown" to have not imported anything from the region.
Ahh, well...
