- Posted by Christopher Estep on June 25, 2008
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is 19,049,236 acres. Of that, Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) has proposed that we be allowed to drill in up to 2,000 acres. Let’s put that amount in perspective, shall we?
The following picture represents ANWR and what would be drilled. The little black spot in the middle represents the drilled portion.
If you were to lay a bath towel in the middle of a football field, you would have a larger percentage than what we need in ANWR.
One of the major problems we have is educating people of this fact. When people think of drilling in ANWR, they think in terms of drilling in their local city park.