3/8/2005
A Few Quick Notes
I know I've left a few threads hanging. Not the least of which is a report that an observant reader left in comments. Yes, I've gone through it with a fine tooth comb. The short word is that what the House summary says about the report is not what the report says.
To cut to the chase, ANWR at its peak production point (somewhere around 2020) may reduce our dependence on foreign oil by just a few percentage points. As someone who is a bit familiar with reading government reports, my sense was that the Energy department was pushing back on Representative Polombo, who (in my opinion) called for the report to discredit Kerry during the 2004 election. Let's just say, you never see something like: we think drilling in ANWR is a really good idea. More on this soon.
The reason I haven't written this up earlier is probably obvious. It's very difficult to take percentages like millions of barrels of oil consumed per day per 1000 people and make that statistic entertaining. As President Bush put it during the first debate, it's hard work.
Plus, I've spent more time than I anticipated on emails concerning Pavlov Chien, my assistant on loan from the Neoconservative Environmentalism Foundation. As I've mentioned, what I thought was a clever quip about the Bush administration being Eco-Drama Queens, seems to have really hurt Pavlov's feelings. I tried to make up, but he just said that he hoped that they'll put Spotted Owl in my next batch of sushi.
I've asked Pavlov to write the post on Arctic Hegemony and You, Perfect Together, and he really perked up. I'm pretty sure he's willing to forgive me, I'm sure we'll find out soon.
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