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Originally posted by Gemini
A good portion of you aren't old enough or weren't even thought of when the first Alaskan pipeline was built... all the damage that was done... Or do you think they open a box marked 'Acme Oil Pipeline Kit" and it just unfolds?
Sure caribou are passing under the pipe NOW, but there were alot more PRE pipeline than now.
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http://archive.nandotimes.com/health...8157-0,00.html
The central Arctic caribou herd is at its largest point since scientists began tracking it 23 years ago, a state survey finds.
Alaska biologists estimate the herd has swelled to 27,000, up 35 percent from the last survey, in 1997. Overall, the herd continues expanding since biologists began population assessments in the early 1970s, when oil companies began development of Prudhoe Bay.
Building a pipeline across a huge state and drilling in a small portion of land are two very different things. There are so many regulations that have to be followed now that have been instituted since the oil boom in the 70's.
Im not really pro drilling and I do get tired of the propoganda on both sides. Pro oil act as if there is an unlimited supply under those lands and the environmentalists act as if someone wants to drill in the middle of Yosemite.
Btw, many people on both sides of my family worked on the pipeline. What a crazy time. I think maybe it caused my parents divorce, lol ;)