Here's a basic argument about ANWR: http://www.cdfe.org/center-projects/energy/the-truth-about-anwr ...and here's snopes' take on it: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/anwr.asp my friend, who's tired of receiving this kind of stuff from her conservative connections, sent the following as rebuttal: http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/upload/Facts-OilSpillsAndFines.pdf