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Originally Posted by aklim
You first. You make your life just work and sleep and strip yourself of all the things that give you pleasure and I'll do the same later. IOW, kids, vacations, clothes, etc, etc. Just the bare minimums.
Now if I come see you, are you sure I cannot find anything I would classify as wasteful? Care to lead by example?
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Sure I don't live in a cave and live on worms, but I try my best to conserve as I go along. I drive as little as possible, keep the lights I'm not using off, keep heater and AC use down to a minimum, do laundry maybe once every 6 weeks, shower only when filthy (not every day), recycle as much as possible, buy 2nd-hand whenever practical, and so on. What about you?
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Originally Posted by aklim
As to ANWR, why should we keep holding onto it? It is something we can sell. We are running out of things to sell. Manufactured goods are going elsewhere to be produced. If we can sell oil, it is something we can use.
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Like someone else said, why not keep it as a reserve instead of squandering it now? We probably couldn't export any of it anyway as it would barely make a dent in our domestic supply. And let's not overlook the obvious: potential environmental damage in ANWR. I know, some people couldn't care less and that's sad.