FIRST, do you know what ANWR is?
 
ANWR = Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
 
Let's next comprehend the over-all picture:

 
More perspective:

 
 
NOTE WHERE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AREA IS. 

(it's in the 'ANWR Coastal Plain')
 
 
THIS IS WHAT ANTI-DRILLING GROUPS SHOW YOU WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ANWR (and they are right-- these ARE photographs of ANWR):

 
ISN'T ANWR BEAUTIFUL?  WHY SHOULD WE DRILL HERE 

(AND DESTROY) THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE?
 
WELL. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
 
Do you remember the map?
 
The map showed that the proposed drilling area is in the ANWR Coastal Plain.
 
Do those photographs look like a coastal plain to you?
 
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
 
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.
 
THAT IS NOT WHERE THEY ARE WANTING TO DRILL!
 
THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSED EXPLORATION AREA ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THE WINTER

 
AND THIS IS WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THE SUMMER

 
HERE ARE A COUPLE SCREEN SHOTS FROM GOOGLE EARTH:
  
  
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DRILLING IS A BARREN WASTELAND.
  
OH, AND THESE ANTI-DEVELOPMENT GROUPS (INCLUDING MANY POLITICIANS AND A MAJOR UNNAMED POLITICAL PARTY) SAY THEY ARE 'CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON THE LOCAL WILDLIFE.'
 
HERE IS A PHOTO (SHOT DURING THE SUMMER) OF THE 'DEPLETED WILDLIFE' SITUATION CREATED BY DRILLING AROUND PRUDHOE BAY, AND ALL THOSE CARIBOU WHO JUST HATE THAT DRILLING:
 
HERE'S THAT SAME SPOT DURING THE WINTER.
 
HEY, THIS BEAR SEEMS TO REALLY HATE THE PIPELINE NEAR PRUDHOE BAY.
 
The Prudhoe bay area accounts for 17% of U.S. domestic oil production
 
NOW, YOU TELL ME: ARE SOME NATIONAL GROUPS AND WELL-KNOWN POLITICIANS, AND THAT UNNAMED MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY LYING ABOUT ANWR?
 
REMEMBER WHEN AL GORE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK TO ARTIFICIALLY RAISE GAS PRICES TO $5.00 A GALLON?**
 
WELL, AL GORE AND HIS FELLOW EARTH-MUFFINS HAVE ALMOST REACHED THEIR GOAL!
 
NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE ANTI-OIL GROUPS AND POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN LYING, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
 
YOU CAN START BY FORWARDING THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW THE TRUTH.
**One of the best Internet sites for solid research on this and other Green Lies is Mary Mostert's Originalsources.com. On June 22nd, Ms. Mostert wrote, "What, pray tell, did Al Gore think would be the impact of his ten year campaign to reduce the use of fossil fuels, which include gasoline of course, in order to address 'global warming' and 'holes in the ozone layer'? He has openly advocated higher gas prices for years to force Americans to use less fossil fuels which he devoutly believes is causing changes in the weather."

Searching the records, Ms. Mostert noted that "On April 11, 1991, Senator Al Gore spoke on the floor of the Senate praising a National Academy of Sciences study which 'rings the alarm bells again and tells us of the urgent need to take action now to combat global warming.'" The report called for "restructuring energy prices to more accurately reflect environmental costs"; this is just another way of saying those higher prices for gasoline are necessary.