Call Senators about Drilling AK and rebate TODAY! (here we go again)

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Link to Senators contact page: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

From NDRC:

Please drop what you're doing because here we go again. Senate leaders are
again exploiting rising gas prices to rush a bill to the floor that would
destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and boost oil industry profits. The
vote could come as early as Tuesday.

The Senate front men for Big Oil are doing their damnedest to convince
Americans that sacrificing the Arctic and sending each of us a $100 rebate
check will solve all our problems at the pump.

There's only one way to expose these lies and prevent the sacrifice of
America's greatest wildlife refuge: Help light up the Senate switchboard today!

Please call your two Senators right now:
(link to contact page: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm)

Tell them to vote NO on the Gas Price Relief and Rebate Act. Tell them you will
not trade the Arctic Refuge for $100 or be fooled by policies that do nothing
to solve the real problem of America's dangerous dependence on oil. Urge them
to get to work on cutting oil consumption by improving the mileage of our cars
and promoting clean and renewable energy.

Here are the facts: the Energy Department says that drilling in the Arctic
Refuge would save consumers only one penny per gallon at the pump in 20 years!
Meanwhile, anyone who drives will be forced to take the Senate's $100 rebate
check -- paid for with our tax dollars -- and sign it over to ExxonMobil for
their next two tanks of gas.

Only an oil company could love a bill that picks the taxpayers' wallets for $12
billion in gas money. The Gas Price Relief and Rebate Act should really be
called the "Guaranteed Profits for Big Oil Act!"

Remember: these are the same Senators who passed a pro-polluter energy bill
last summer that refused to make America's gas-guzzlers more fuel-efficient,
but instead doled out billions of tax dollars to oil and coal companies. This
latest bill is just more of the same corporate welfare.

Call your Senators right now and tell them you will not surrender the Arctic
Refuge or line the pockets of the oil companies with your tax dollars.

And if you want to do even more to expose and defeat this shameless bill, go to
https://www.nrdcactionfund.org/arctic/donate.asp
right now and make a donation so we can escalate this campaign in defense of
the Arctic Refuge over the next critical days. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Robert Redford
NRDC Action Fund

[Progressive4Life]

1. Kick!

[louis-t]

2. Just so I am sure, can you answer a few questions?

It is my understanding that the oil in Alaska is "heavy" and likely "sour" making it more expensive to refine. Is that correct? It is also my understanding that this oil would not make us less dependant on foreign oil and would most likely be sold to Japan and/or China. Is that correct?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

3. My understanding...

...is it would NOT stop our dependence on foreign oil and would probably supply the US with less than 6 months worth of oil. Actually, I have heard reports it would barely last a DAY. Drilling Alaska would be a HUGE mistake. Perhaps you could find the answers you seek at NRDC:

http://www.nrdc.org