Will Drilling Here Help or Hurt Us?

Congress was asked by Bush to allow drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If you don't know where that it, it is in northern Alaska and encompasses over 19 million acres. Wildlife there include 36 land mammals, 36 fish species, more than 160 migratory and resident bird species and nine marine mammals. You can see a more specific list here.

There is a "take action" opportunity for citizens to give yourself a voice on whether this should or should not be done. If you support drilling, click here. If you don't support drilling, click here.

So, what do you think? Should we drill and hope for more independence from the Middle East for oil or not? Is it worth it to drill there? Are there alternatives and what are they?