Two bears, I live in Alaska and I have NEVER heard any such prediction as the statements you are making as to the amount of recoverable oil in ANWAR (Alaska National Wildlife Refuge). As for whether or how much it would reduce American dependence on foreign oil, until comparatively recently a hefty share of the oil brought down by pipeline from the North Slope was exported by the US.
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   I NEVER said that the Anwar would replace ALL of America's oil
   needs for 30 years. I use the qualifier that it would replace all
   of the oil that we import from Saudi Arabia.

   There IS a difference.

Two Bears