Drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't' solve the nation's energy problem argues James Ridgeway.
"Oil drilling in Alaska isn't going to solve any problems, and may make them a good deal worse, by providing the yuppie SUV owners reason to think they can keep on guzzling gas. Yesterday's misreported OPEC production increase isn't really an increase at all, but an acknowledgement that the cartel already is producing all it can, and the already high prices are likely to increase, not decrease...There is no alternative but to move away from fossil fuels. But this is anathema to the right wing in Congress."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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