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MAY 22, 2001

At a press conference in Anchorage on Monday, drilling proponent Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said alternative, renewable energy sources can't replace the oil to be found in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

According to Department of Energy statistics supplied by Stevens, it would take about 450,000 acres of solar panels, 3.7 million acres of wind projects, and up to 2 million barrels a day of corn-based ethanol fuel to replace the 1 million barrels of black gold in ANWR.

Get the Story:
Stevens defends drilling (The Anchorage Daily News 5/22)
In Oil Politics, Alaska Is the 800-Pound Bear (The Los Angeles Times 5/22)

Relevant Links:
Maptricks, Ian Thomas' web site - http://www.maptricks.com
Arctic Slope Regional Corp - http://www.asrc.com
Gwich'in Steering Committee - http://www.alaska.net/~gwichin
Oil Issues in ANWR, US Fish and Wildlife - http://arctic.fws.gov/issues1.html
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://arctic.fws.gov
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Pro-Development site - http://www.anwr.org

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