New energy bill includes drilling in ANWR: right on schedule after raising the price of oil

Remember in 1974 when the environmentalists would not allow the trans
Alaska 
pipeline to be built.  All of sudden the oil tankers anchored off shore
and 
stopped delivering crude.  Lines formed at gas stations all over the US
and 
people went nuts. Then all of a sudden the bills that permitted the trans 
Alaska pipeline to be built passed and all was well.  The price of gas
went 
up and stayed up but at least there was no shortage.  The price of crude 
tripled to $12 a barrel.  It was all blamed on an OPEC embargo, but that
was 
just the cover story.  The same thing is happening now.  The price of gas 
has risen and the price of crude has gone to $125 a barrel.  ANWR now has 
$1.2 trillion in oil and lies just about 100 miles from the infrastructure

needed to pump the oil down the trans Alaska pipeline that is running half

empty.  This time the ANWR drilling bill will pass for sure, or be
prepared 
to pay $6 a gallon for gas by years end.  Diesel is already at $4.60 a 
gallon.

ref:
http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/may/11/energy-package-senate-includes-anwr-drilling-provi/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis