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Have any of you people ever seen the picture that compares the size of Alaska to the size of the lower 48? It's almost the same damn size! Now are you telling me that a few hunderd, even a few thousand oil rigs would destroy the way wilderness looks, which is the equivilant size of the lower 48??? Give me a break!



Have you ever seen the picture that compares the size of the Exxon Valdez to Prince William Sound?

Relative size has nothing to do with this. Ecological impacts can extend far beyond something's immediate vicinity.

I'm not claiming to agree with the vast majority of the arguments put forth by the environmental lobbyists and groups. Most assume the worst will be commonplace. But the arguments on the other side are taken to an equal extreme. It's just as ignorant an argument to suggest that we won't be affecting the environment by drilling as it is to claim that we'll be destroying it entirely by drilling.

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