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 Stories About: George Bush AND politics AND dumbassery AND Arctic Refuge AND oil AND energy
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A penny saved ...
Note to Bush, media: Opening ANWR cuts gas prices one cent in 2025 |
Joseph Romm |
30 Apr 2008 |
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| Bush blames Congress' failure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for high gasoline prices. The administration's own Energy Information Administration found otherwise in a 2004 Congressional-requested 'Analysis of Oil and Gas Production in ANWR' (PDF): It is expected that the price impact of ANWR coastal plain production might reduce world oil prices by as much as 30 to 50 cents per barrel [in 2025]. Don't spend it all in one place, American public! (Note t ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, dumbassery, energy, George Bush, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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