Senate Approves Alaska Oil Drilling

From Canoe:

Senate Approves Alaska Oil Drilling

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided Senate on Wednesday voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President George W. Bush.

I'm opposed to drilling in the refuge, I think we should be working harder to improve conservation of oil instead of drilling for  more of it in environmentally sensitive areas. This crap about not being disruptive to wildlife? Yeah right, human beings have proven so adept at that so far. (Please note: sarcasm intended).

We're in the 21st century! Where's my (affordable) electric cars and solar-powered homes? They should be the rule by now, not the exception.