Today we talked about the controversy surrounding drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here are a couple resources in case you would like to write a letter to our new representative.For Drilling:
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Against Drilling:
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Neutral:
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If you want to write you letter to our new representative, start it out like this:
Dear Mr. Arcuri,
...and sign it with just your name. Do not include your address or phone number as I will make it clear that it is being sent from the school.
Remember, you guys have a lot of power that you don't even realize you have but it is important to include both sides of this issue. The more educated you sound on this issue, the more seriously he will take you. Please hand these in by the end of next week so I can send them to him. If you would, instead, like to send it to a newspaper, by yourself, check out the side bar of my high school science club blog.
6 comments:
good idea didnt we write something to the big people last year? after reading some of this stuff i think im pretty nuetral
ya we did
i am also neutral on this subject. it is important, but then again it isnt really a big deal.
I say drill. We need the gas prices to drop down so my family can still do all the things we like to do.
It'd be nice if it were that simple. The extraction/refining process would take about 10 years before gas from that area showed up at gas stations and even then it wouldn't have a significant effect of prices. A better solution would be to embrace technology that delivers MORE miles per gallon. The technology is there, but we as consumers need to start voting with our dollar.
I'm against the drilling! it harms animal environments! Think about the poor animals!
~hehe moo~
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