Political Quotes

“That means we have to actually produce more energy in this country. How do you get from here to there in increased energy production? I wish to take a few minutes this afternoon and talk about ANWR. ANWR has 10 billion to 16 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil, according to the USGS estimates, and 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. We recognize that, by itself, that infusion into the energy market is not going to change the world's energy equation. But pair it with the other things we are talking about in this energy legislation Senator Domenici introduced and pair it with the additional barrels that could come from OCS development in current moratoria areas, and the 80 to 100 trillion cubic of natural gas there, and pair it with the fuel from coal-to-liquids development and the oil from U.S. oil shale deposits. Together, all these can start to break the stranglehold OPEC has on us and help to lower the prices. Now, back to ANWR. I had said that--and I have said this throughout my public life--if opening ANWR was going to come at the expense of our environment and our wildlife, I would have to oppose it. But we have technology we have utilized up north in the past 30 years, since we have been in active production pulling oil from the North Slope, that has truly revolutionized what happens in the Arctic when it comes to development of our resources.”