The Conservation Report

House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-OH) says that, “We need to produce more American made energy.” The Republicans are illogically connecting the idea that drilling in ANWR will result in energy independence. Energy independence is synonymous to sustainability. Further relying on a nonrenewable resource does not manifest sustainability or a wise use of a natural resource that can be saved for when we truly need it, so how is drilling for oil in ANWR resulting in energy independence?

With arguments like “Congress is standing in the way of $2-a-gallon gas” and that “Congress continues to turn a deaf ear”, the dialogue on offshore drilling, drilling in ANWR and within the Intermountain West has run amok. The claims made by the Republican Party are nothing more than trickery and deceit to give ANWR over to the oil companies, and handing over ANWR for oil and gas development is nothing more than a slippery slop towards opening up other public lands. I wish these Republicans would attack renewable energy and climate change issues with the same voracity they have towards ANWR. Maybe then America can truly exist as an energy independent and sustainable country. According to House Minority Leader John A. Boehner:

We’re going to look at this barren, Arctic desert where I’m hoping to see some wildlife. But I understand there’s none there. But I’m still going to look for it. If I find any, I’ll let you know.

As a result to opening up ANWR for business, the United States Department of Energy is predicting the following (CAUTION: It reads like Pre-Iraq War Intelligence):

reducing world oil prices,

reducing the U.S. dependence on imported foreign oil,

improving the U.S. balance of trade,

extending the life of TAPS for oil, and

increasing U.S. jobs.

In case you want to get their report, here is a list of members that went on the American Energy Tour to ANWR. I’m willing to bet a certain valuable appendage that none of them are qualified to do environmental assessments:

1. John Boehner (R-OH)
2. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)
3. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
4. Mary Fallin (R-OK)
5. Dean Heller (R-NV)
6. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
7. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
8. Robert Latta (R-OH)
9. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
10. Steve Scalise (R-LA)
11. Adrian Smith (R-NE)

Some of House Minority Leader John A. Boehner’s best: