US Must Look to Places Other Than Alaska (e.g. Alternative Energy) to Protect National Security
From http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/maindish/schneider112001.asp?source=daily:
Jerry Taylor, director of natural resource studies for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., said, “The environmentalists are right. A lot of conservatives buy into the analysis made by most pro-business groups that without ANWR we are vulnerable to the oil weapon. But you can’t make that case on the grounds of national security. The idea that you can protect yourself from Middle East production behavior by pumping oil out of Alaska is nonsense. There just won’t be enough production there to make a difference.”