Sheesh! You guys are such meanies. Always making fun of a person showing their emotions over something; acting the tough guys with no feelings, eh?**BG**

Robomatic, I don't mind at all, esp. when done with such candor and good manners.

I will however put in another two cents worth. you said, "I don't see the relevance of when it hits the market if it is useful and necessary, but most of the infrastructure is already built."

The relevance, at this moment, is that some are trying to push this through without enough debate, as had been noted, at a time when a blatant appeal to patriotism may cause errors in the handling of such a sensitive environment. While they piggyback this on the defense spending bill, nothing is going to make that oil, however much there is, available anytime soon. So, the urgency is a political machination, rather than real.

I really appreciate your perspective, but there are those of us who would have wilderness remain so, regardless. So...I like your solution and would be willing to pay much higher prices, but of course I do not drive an SUV, either.:-)

Thanks,

kat