Thanks Jerry,  This is why it's so important to keep the issue before the
public--lawmakers read opinion pages.  The Iowa Sierra Club Alaska
Committee will have a table, thanks Karen Tigges for organizing it and
members of the Central group for volunteering, tomorrow April 17 in
Valley Junction.  Again we will get post cards to president Obama to make
the Arctic Refuge a National Monument.  Nothing is won without grass
roots organizing and pressure from the public.   Phyllis
Kevin makes some good points. I would also add that if drilling were
allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it could take years
before the lawsuits that would surely follow could be settled. It could
also take a long time for all the infrastructure, pipelines, roads,
landing strips, docks and all the necessary equipment to be built.  On
top of all that there is no law that would prevent the oil industry from
selling oil to the highest bidder, read China. Motorists are angry now
about high prices and drilling on public land will not make any
difference for a very long time. Jerry Neff

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