I was just listening to Sen. Murkowski, from Alaska, speak on the Senate floor in support of drilling for oil in ANWR, the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. 
"ANWR is a bridge to our energy future" she says.  
I always get nervous when someone from Alaska starts talking about bridges.  
ANWR is not in any way a solution, not even in a small way, to our oil addiction.  
The U.S. uses about 7.5 billion barrel of oils a year.  It is estimated that ANWR contains 10.5 billion barrels.  
That will sustain the U.S. for 18 months.  
If, that is, the oil in ANWR is even meant for consumption in the U.S.   Many have posited that we would export the oil.  
The only beneficiaries of ANWR are the oil companies and the military.  The Department of Defense is the biggest buyer of oil in the world.  
Billions of barrels have already been used to support our occupation in Iraq.
If we want lower gas prices, the most efficient way to do it is to give up Cheney's war habit.  
If and when we do, it would add billions of barrels of oil to the world supply, and prices will drop dramatically. 
Please contact your Senators and insist that they vote against drilling in ANWR.