Trump preparing to reopen Alaska wildlife refuge for oil drilling

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/trump-preparing-to-reopen-alaska-wildlife-refuge-for-oil-drilling-00612938

The Trump administration is preparing to allow oil and gas leasing across the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, a wilderness landscape that has been protected for more than four decades, according to documents reviewed by POLITICO.

The announcement, which is expected from the Interior Department later this month but may be delayed due to the government shutdown, is the latest move by the administration to ramp up U.S. fossil fuel production and would fulfill a promise President Donald Trump made during his first term to advance drilling in the 1.56-million-acre expanse of tundra on Alaska’s North Slope. And it would be the latest in a nearly decadelong regulatory back-and-forth over the prospect of drilling in the wildlife refuge that Trump first ordered in 2017 but that was later halted by President Joe Biden.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Alaska has massive amounts of oil and natural gas but right now there's barely enough oil flowing through the pipeline to keep it functional.

It'll be good to drill for more oil up there.

 

[Margery]

I'm a fan of drill baby drill!

 

[Tall Timbers]

I'm a fan of drill baby drill!

I like the way you think!

 

[Andy C]

Good move.

 

[Matthew6:33]

Wonder why it has taken so long to get this rolling?

 

[TCC]

Wonder why it has taken so long to get this rolling?

Its amazing to consider that windmills, solar panels, and electric cars that can't go all that far were just mind games of the left. It did take long brother. Yes. Amen. At this point it almost seems surreal. But interesting to see how this all develops. Blessings.

 

[Matthew6:33]

Its amazing to consider that windmills, solar panels, and electric cars that can't go all that far were just mind games of the left.

They really are. I saw a neighbor of mine got a new electric lawnmower a few months ago. When I first saw it, I chuckled under my breath because I know they are no good, especially for a large yard. Well I finally asked how they liked it and was told they missed their old gas mower because it could cut through the wet grass.

Didn't have the heart to tell them that in a couple years the batteries would be useless and you would have to spend the price you paid for the mower on a new set. Not to mention the batteries could blow up in your garage. SMH

Meanwhile my 15 year old gas push mower still runs and cuts fine with very minimal maintenance. I have probably used less than one full tank of gas (for a car) during those 15 years running it.

 

[TCC]

They really are. I saw a neighbor of mine got a new electric lawnmower a few months ago. When I first saw it, I chuckled under my breath because I know they are no good, especially for a large yard. Well I finally asked how they liked it and was told they missed their old gas mower because it could cut through the wet grass.

Didn't have the heart to tell them that in a couple years the batteries would be useless and you would have to spend the price you paid for the mower on a new set. Not to mention the batteries could blow up in your garage. SMH

Meanwhile my 15 year old gas push mower still runs and cuts fine with very minimal maintenance. I have probably used less than one full tank of gas (for a car) during those 15 years running it.

The one thing i do think is good out of all that mess is a solar generator. Pricing out i believe the big ones are $2k to $3.6k but can power a house I believe for a while /No noise. If we go mad max, running a gas generator would be hard to keep a secret and keep away predators during a down season.

 

[Matthew6:33]

Pricing out i believe the big ones are $2k to $3.6k but can power a house I believe for a while /No noise.

Depending on your power usage. If you are running something big like a central AC/heat, you can probably only get a few hours (maybe). If you look at your power bill you can see your average KWH usage every month. Divide that by 30 days and compare it to the battery size (in KWH) you are looking at. Say you use 1000 KWH a month (very low likely not using very much central AC/heat), you are using about 33 KWH a day or roughly 1.375 KWH/hr. You can acquire a 3.8 KWH Solar Generator for about $2800. In perfect conditions, the maths show us we can only get a few hours off that generator. Also important to consider one solar panel only recharges at about 150W per hour in perfect conditions, that means we need about 7 of those panels to recharge ~1KWH. So the above example would take about 4 hours to charge (half a day) on 7 panels (BTW it only comes with one panel, you have to buy more lol).

I am a nerd about this stuff but as you can see from the above basic example, things add up quick and our typical power needs easily get very expensive. These solar generator companies prey on this because many do not do the research of what their actual needs are.

A coworker of mine has a whole house solar/battery system. It was about $30-40k AND it was a complete DIY job.

 

[dwb]

I'm a fan of drill baby drill!

Drill baby, drill!!

 

[Baby Yoda]

Drill baby, drill!!