If things get bad enough, man will strip mine every scrap of land with any sort of fossil fuel under it.  If we get the message out in a coherent way, soon enough, we may avoid that sort of desperation.  We can't get the message out by excluding someone that recognizes the problem, but sees a different solution.  
Where do you stand on drilling ANWR ASAP? In favor or against?
Against:

Sentimentally, I like the pristine pictures.

Environmentally, would it really be drilling?  Wouldn't the extraction method be pit or strip mining?  Drilling doesn't sound so bad, but mining, then years of cooking the kerogen, then refining is a huge environmental concern.  Is the energy worth that sort of damage?

Practically, I wonder if the EROEI is even cost effective.

Rep. Bartlett wants to save ANWR for a rainy day, but I do wonder who will be left on that rainy day.