To Tap Or Not To Tap
"The 16 billion barrels of oil that lie untapped there would be more than enough to replace the oil Americans purchase from Iraq over 58 years" (Coon 1). The United States is currently involved in a long debate in the U.S. congress to pass legislation to start drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. The 19 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge which was set aside by President Eisenhower in 1960, lies in the northeast corner of Alaska. The refuge as a whole lies north of the Artic Circle and 1,300 miles south of the North Pole. The coastal plain area or section 1002 consist of 1.5 million acres on the northern edge of ANWR. This 1.5 million acres on the northern edge is 8 percent of ANWR and the only area being considered for development by congress. The issue whether or not to drill in the ANWR arises mostly from the United State's current energy crisis.
This debate is really complex and there are many issues involved. The U.S.......
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