What would America gain by allowing heavy industry into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? Very little. Oil found in the refuge would not be enough to end America's dependence on foreign oil. The oil companies will deface and ruin the portions of the refuge they occupy, and more oil will not solve America's energy needs. These are the reasons to opose oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Oil from the refuge would hardly make a dent in our dependence on foreign imports, leaving our economy and way of life just as exposed to swings in worldwide oil prices and supply as i…
