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To drill or not to drill? That has been the question for the last 20 years, since Presidents Regan and Bush began to explore the notion of drilling for oil in the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Only within the last 10 though, has this idea been seriously pursued by Republicans at both the local and federal levels of government. This heated debate has spanned across politicians, economists and environmentalists, all taking a seemingly different stance. Yet, finally on January 22nd, 2004, the Bush administration decided to open 8.8 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to oil and gas development. Given today’s oil-dependent world, as well as the tremendous government deficit, th