11-10-2004, 05:07 PM
You're totally right Bearclaw, and I don't know the answer either. Unfortunately, I don't trust that they will do the drilling in an environmentally safe way -- I don't think it's reasonable to think that we will have no effect on wildlife. Of course we need fossil fuels for everything from home heating to car fuel to engine oil. So do we go back to the dark ages and everyone use horse and carriages? I don't think so. But we have to do something. I think we definitely are not doing anywhere near enough spending on research for alternative cleaner sources of energy. That alone still might not be enough either, so that leaves more drilling. Lets hope that however it gets done that extreme care is taken.
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