Genie: I don't believe any reliable information has been made public about the amount of oil available in the Refuge. Environmental groups have claimed, as you do, that only a few months supply is there. I sincerely doubt that. There would be no point in drilling at all if that is all that is there.

Certainly the other forms of energy should be developed, but developing them to the point that they can replace oil , gas, and coal is years away. The need is now.

DougR