Concerning lotto tickets vs needing shoes--the problem appears to be an insistence on Air Jordans (SUV's) vs Thom McAnn (serviceable vehicles).

I'd still like to know why anybody thinks it's reasonable that the Refuge be violated for a 2% difference in dependency.

I'd also like to know why the Anchorage writer is confident that the number of various types of wildlife is as low as he claims. I'd like to know the methodology used by the sources he lists to arrive at his low numbers. As PDQ notes, the territory covered by the Refuge is greater than the state of Maryland. I suspect some extrapolation was done--therefore the low numbers have no more validity than the higher numbers cited elsewhere.

Furthermore I have read about pressure being put on government employees to lowball this sort of estimate.

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

There is no reason to expect more objectivity--on this subject especially-- from government sources.


It's still funny about the lack of support (by drilling advocates) for fuel economy standards. The silence is deafening.