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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Gas prices and offshore drilling

Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2008 01:44 PM

    The real point of ANWR drilling ...

    ... is to peel off blue-collar workers and union members from the Democratic party's coalition and undermine the environmentalists who stand in the way of unrestrained corporate profit-taking. Drilling in ANWR is not going to make much of a dent in current oil prices because it will take years for those fields to come online and there isn't enough oil there to make a long-term difference in supply.

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