Is there enough oil in Alaska to significantly bring down the price of oil?

If yes, why aren't we drilling already? I'm sure the Alaskan people don't mind as their state will be swimming in money and jobs... and the caribou don't know the difference between an oil rig and a tree so I don't see how they are even part of the discussion.Is there enough oil in Alaska to significantly bring down the price of oil?
Yes there is. And if we add that to the oil off the coast of California and in the Gulf of Mexico that the environmental wackos are blocking us from drilling for, we could stop buying oil from the middle east completely.





By the way, there are no trees in the part of Alaska in question. Just flat open waste land above the tree line. It is not the pristine pretty place we are led to believe. That is propaganda. Look it up.Is there enough oil in Alaska to significantly bring down the price of oil?
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No, there is not enough oil. Report Abuse

No there isn't. As for the Caribou they are a significant part of the ecology and the disruption would affect Canada far more than a state of the United States. Global warming is already claiming the Polar Bears, the Walrus, and the Narwhals.


It would be nice to be able to keep the Caribou and the Elk from any more harm as well.


We need better resources for our transportation and heat, not more oil.
No. And there are other considerations besides gluttony to consider when destroying the environment is involved.





Your ignorance is astonishing. The citizens of Alaska already get oil money. As for your comment about the caribou not knowing the difference between an oil rig and a tree.... well, go educate yourself.
No. By the time we got everything ';in place'; -the cost of gas would already be 6 or $7. a gallon, %26amp; the new Alaskan Oil might drop the price a Nickel or so... We have GOT TO slow Our Consumption of Oil... -or we're going to ';drive Ourselves'; to Bankruptcy... :(
No. Plenty of people warned us this day was coming, but Americans ignored it and bought gas guzzling SUVs. We have no one to blame but ourselves.