The study is not by MSNBC. merely reported by it. I don't see what the collective IQ has to do with it.

The real problem is that people promote ANWR as some massive source of oil that will give great benefit, when it wouldn't. It will take a long time and a lot of investment to become profitable--only for a short period--and even then, it's output sucks. I would only approve of drilling if it does not interfere with, say, nuclear construction and other technologies.

We would be better off investing in other technologies, such as nuclear. Something that will last longer, give bigger benefit. All that money and time and effort so you can get a temporary drop 50 cent per barrel (almost imperceptible at the pump) for a few years of peak production after nearly a decade to get there? It won't do anything. It's really quite pointless. It's not even a good stop-gap measure given there's so little we will get after too long anyway.

Another problem is attempting to extend a failed system with more drilling. It's only going to delay the problem, if anything, a short while. I would predict if it did do anything, it would increase pollution more and fool people into going back to their old behaviours as if the oil crisis is over. Regardless, the US doesn't have nearly the petroleum supplies to fuel it's development and maintenance. That's why we import such much. We don't have cheap oil in abundance. US production peaked in the 70s and has gone down since.

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