Hope springs eternal

It seems the Bush Administration (anybody else out there who likes the sound of that: BUSH ADMINISTRATION;-) is making another push for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a 1.5-million-acre area in Alaska that had been put off limits for oil exploration about 25 years ago.

Now, The War on Terraforming has provided another argument to include this area in the US oil supply. Whether or not this would actually make a difference for the growing demand of fossil fuels or not is an argument easily diffused as "too technical" - so that the General Public is supposed to go along with The Simple Truth ('we need oil, we have some up there, let's go get it').

So far the Bush Administration ;-)

But there are actually more and more opponents of this proposed opening, and they even use wonderful phrases like: "Hope springs eternal" ...

Here is another quote that sums up the issue:

"It's become almost a symbol for both sides," said Cindy Shogan, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League, which opposes drilling. "The question is whether the American people and their culture are going to protect the places that are special or develop everything."

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