Legislative Update-ANWR

Doug Lamborn, Represenative 5th district Colorado, has sent me a letter that at least this time was printed on recycled paper. That is the only positive news. In his letter he tells me he wants to pass the "no excuses energy act of 2007," which he has co-sponsored.

He says the bill "provides for the exploration and production of our natural resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). It will also open up the continental shelf. Mr. Lamborn also proposes to build ten new refineries on public lands.

The bill already appears to have been killed, but it doesn't hurt to write your represenatives in Congress and let them know what is on your mind.

I will be telling mine that they must support a renewable energy economy, while helping us kick our addiction to oil. The next axemakers gift is the green revolution. Think about how far our technology has come since the dawn of the industrial revolution. We fueled the industrial revolution with oil. It is time to fuel the new future with clean available renewable energy.

Tell our leaders to stop us from killing ourselves and our children. Tell our leaders that we want to be free from the global politics of oil. Tell our leaders we do not need or want more war. Tell our leaders to just say no to more oil.

Mr. Lamborn informs me that drilling in ANWR alone would produce 10.4 billion barrels of oil. What he doesn't grasp is that we could not begin full production in ANWR until approximately 2025, which does nothing to bring down oil costs now, or help us kick our addiction to oil. We would still be subject to world oil prices as the energy companies that would love to dig this oil out of the ground will sell to the highest bidders, which may not be in the best interest of the people of the United States.

We needed to build ten refineries thirty years ago, now we need to invest in the new energy economy. We are lagging behind the industrial world in research and practical use in all fields in alternate energy.

So please write our leaders and tell them to clean it up.

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