I’m in Keystone, CO for a nanotech conference this week and my head is killing me. I’m staying at the River Run Village which is over 9000 feet high. My body is definitely not used to the altitude yet.
On the flight out here I was listening to some old “Talk of the Nation” podcasts (I especially like Science Friday shows) and they had someone from the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University on the show to talk about offshore and ANWR drilling. I often wonder why there is such a push to get ANWR opened up and I finally learned why from this interview. It seems that the Alaska pipeline will be transporting less and less oil as the reserve it was originally built to transport starts to dwindle. If new oil can be tapped, it will have the previously constructed pipeline available for no added cost, which means big money. Go listen to the interview.
I’m not against oil exploration but I can’t stand the fact that the politicians fight over this issue while the really important decisions continue to be ignored. More drilling alone isn’t going to save our asses.
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