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 Stories About: Arctic Refuge AND energy AND John McCain AND oil AND oil and gas drilling AND politics
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Why more drilling is not the answer
Conservative arguments to the contrary are intellectually bankrupt |
Michael Moynihan |
19 Jun 2008 |
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| Originally posted at the NDN blog. Of the various false solutions being proposed to the current oil shock perhaps none is more disingenous than the idea that it can be solved by drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and along the Outer Continental Shelf. This is the idea that the right wing media, recently John McCain, and now President Bush have been pushing as a cure-all for soaring oil prices. Since many Democrats oppose this drilling, the next false logica ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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