planetsave.com — A coalition of conservation groups has just filed a formal protest opposing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to auction off 100,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing and development.
Dec 6, 2008 View in Crawl 4
specialbuddy1Dec 6, 2008
The prices haven't gone down? Prices are as low as a 1.40 in some places and probably lower. Have you been in a coma? Plus prices don't drop as soon as a barrel drops. Gas stations buy in at a certain price and have to make that money back if they want to buy more gas. Stations that sell a lot usually drop fast but if you go to the sticks the prices are still high because they still have gas that they bought at 3.00/gal from two months ago.
cointelproagentDec 7, 2008
Yeah hadees, why don't you leave yer commune and get a job commie hippie tree-hugger!
coyoteblueDec 7, 2008
f**k off, prick. Enough of our national parks are used for oil, timber, and mining that we don't need to auction off these pristine areas of wilderness.
rubytopazDec 11, 2008
The thing that gets to me about this isn't just the impact on the area's natural beauty, it's that we are trying to wean ourselves from our addiction to oil. Instead of the Bush Admin. looking for ways to get off the use of fossil fuels, W insists on padding the pockets of the oil companies and keeping us sucking on their teats. I hope that even it the auction goes on, that the incoming administration nixes the development. We need to find ways to fuel our lives with something other than oil (wind, solar, geothermal).
rubytopazDec 11, 2008
Actually I have been to Arches Natl. Park, and it would be a shame to marr the scenery with unsightly oil drilling equipment.
utahwildernessApr 3, 2009
You're right, the lands to belong to the public, but if you've ever read what exactly it is the park service is supposed to do, it's to "preserve the land for future generations." Also, you mentioned that there aren't any roads. That's simply not true, if you've ever been to southern Utah, you'd know that there are quite a few dirt roads leading to just about anywhere you want to go, at least on the plateau tops. Why do you want to pave the planet? It's true the roads won't take you right up to the attraction you want to see, and you have to walk a few miles to see most things, but what's the problem with that? We get in the habit of saying things are inaccesable if there's not a road leading right to it, but everwhere on land has been visited by man, from mount everest to death valley, humans have made it there on their own two feet. If you'd ever been to southern Utah you'd also know that there are cliff dwellings from ancient indians all over the place. If ancient people made it there, and lived there for years, what's stopping us from doing the same? They did it with hand and foot. We have inflatable rafts, nylon climbing ropes, belay devices, and countless other modern conveniences to help us.Lastly, you said you live in Alaska, and probably have never been to southern Utah, I've been there countless times, and I live in Utah, please don't sit in your ivory tower and condem my home to oil rigs and pipelines.