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The North Slope of Alaska's waters are frozen by thick ice from late September to mid June. No ships can travel those waterways for 10 months out of the year.

Back in 1974 when the pipeline was new - it shipped 2.7 million barrels of oil day down the pipeline. Today - thanks to the moratorium of drilling in that area - only 320,000 barrels are coming down that pipeline a day. That is a loss of 2.4 million!!

People like to say that Alaska doesn't contribute much to our oil needs. Today, it does not - but - if they allowed the oil companies to drill in other nearby places it would be a huge help.

Because the current administration is dominated by anti-drilling Democrats - there is no need for a second trade route. You can't have a trade route if nobody will let you take the oil out of the ground.

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