Obama on ANWR

What is ANWR? Sometimes mis-called "Anoir" "Anwer" "Anwire" etc.... ANWR stands for "Artic National Wildlife Refuge". There has been controvercy for decades on whether or not to drill for oil in ANWR. The eco-nuts say "HELL NO!" and the republicans say "Screw the animals, we need oil!!!" then the libs and eco-nuts say "We need to stop feeding our oil addiction and look at other energy sources, more oil is not the answer!" then the republicans say "Screw the addiction, we need oil!!" lol. In a nutshell.... there's crude oil in ANWR. Drilling is not allowed because it's... HELLO... a WILDLIFE REFUGE.

I'm not here to pursuade you to either side, but here are what the candidates have to say about drilling in ANWR:

Obama on ANWR: Against.

A large portion of the $800 million we spend on foreign oil every day goes to some of the world's most volatile regimes. And there are the environmental consequences. Just about every scientist outside the White House believes climate change is real.

We cannot drill our way out of the problem. Instead of subsidizing the oil industry, we should end every single tax break the industry currently receives and demand that 1% of the revenues from oil companies with over $1 billion in quarterly profits go toward financing alternative energy research and infrastructure.

Over the last 30 years, countries like Brazil have used a mix of regulation and direct government investment to develop a biofuel industry; 70% of its new vehicles run on sugar-based ethanol.
Source: The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, p.167-169 Oct 1, 2006

We cannot drill our way out of our addiction to oil
It is hard to overstate the degree to which our addiction to oil undermines our future. Without any change to energy policy, US demand for oil will jump 40% in 20 years. Over the same period, worldwide demand will jump 30%.

Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. To remove the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Alaskan Coastal Plain. The original bill allows for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Voteing YES on this amendment would remove that section, hence barring leasing in ANWR.
Reference: Bar Oil and Gas Leasing amendment; Bill S Amdt 2358 to S 1932 ; vote number 2005-288 on Nov 3, 2005

McCain on ANWR: Against (or so it seems)

Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. To remove the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Alaskan Coastal Plain. The original bill allows for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Voteing YES on this amendment would remove that section, hence barring leasing in ANWR.

BUT

Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. Vote to preserve language in the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Framework that assumes $1.2 billion in revenue from oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR] in Alaska.
Reference: Bill S Con Res 101 ; vote number 2000-58 on Apr 6, 2000

A little flippy floppy, eh?

We'll drill in ANWR the day after we start the Fair Tax.

Here are some photos of ANWR