Well, you will find that *every* credible caribou biologist that has worked on the North Slope says it would be a disaster. Keep in mind that they were *all* paid with oil money (Alaska Department of Fish and Game) and their entire reason for being here was to find ways that oil infrastructure and caribou can co-exist. They have a bias, and it is *towards* oil...
We had *no* data in 1968 when the Prudhoe Bay discovery was announced. Many environmentalists said we needed to do studies, or we would risk a disaster. Many people wanted to ignore that advice... and in the end *they* are the ones who proved to be dead wrong!
For other reasons (land breastle issues), pipeline construction was delayed until 1974. During that delay the Alaska Department of Fish and Game began doing studies of North Slope caribou... and what they found was the those "whacko" environmentalist were *exactly* right. If the original designs for the pipeline had been build, it would have been a disaster.
Instead, it was redesigned to take into account the information gathered by the biologists, and while it has had detrimental effects that are very measurable, it hasn't been a disaster... only *because* we paid attention to the environmentalists and the biologists.
I'd suggest you might want to pay close attention to what those biologist have learned.
Here are a couple of good URLs for background information,
Gas is averaging $2.24... 4175Then we'd better get busy, huh? And the reason we don't have it today is because of the enviro-wacko obstructionists that blocked it 10 years ago... Nobody knows that until wells are drilled and...
This URL is an index to links that provide significant detailed information.
Specifically, if you want to know more about caribou,
Gas is averaging $2.24... 4173First of all, nobody knows that due to the enviro-wacko inspired laws to prevent even exploration. Then, of course, there's the fact that the oil...
More specifically, Section 3 is on the Porcupine Herd (in ANWR), Section 4 is on the Central Arctic herd (at Prudhoe Bay), Section 5 is about forage quality and quanbreasty, and Section 6 is about predators.
If you want to skip all of the excruciating detail, go to part 5 of section 6 for the conclusions,
Bullpoo. They don't die of hypthermia! They also can't get any warmth from the pipeline... it is insulated.
Go tell your tall tales somewhere that little kids hang out, eh?
The oil doesn't go to Asia, and oil exploration is opens season in almost all of Alaska except ANWR. Opening ANWR will get you exactly ANWR, and nothing else.
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