SB47

oBill Number: SB47 Sponsors: CGorman, KS, HGang, NY

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Issue Category: Enviornment and Energy

Bill Title: Keep The ANWR Clean

Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to stop and further prevent all oil drilling in and around the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, as it is proposed to lower America's tremendous oil dependency. This bill would also promote the production of green energy and construct wind turbines, hydro-electric plants, etc. as alternative energy sources. It will preserve fragile ecosystems and wildlife and help to shrink America's large dependence on polluting fossil fuels while providing new jobs on-site as rangers in the ANWR and in the energy plants. This bill will also aim to help America move forward, as a whole, into the common use of green energy.

Eligibility: This bill applies to all land in the ANWR and in a 10 mile raduis around it. It also applies to all public and private oil drillers within said location, who will recieve compensation for loss of profits during the time it takes them to find a job. This bill also applies to all of America in order to enact and enforce the use and production of green energy.

Terms and Benefits: If drilling is allowed in the ANWR, the drilling would be highly disruptive and dangerous to the native wildlife, plants and animals alike. An oil spill would devastate the park by drowning it in a slick of oil. The Gulf oil spill has killed thousands of marine animals, and has cost BP, the U.S.A., and private investors upward of 41.3 billion dollars. To choose green energy over fossil fuels will significantly reduce the United State's carbon footprint will creating cleaner air and water in our cities. Over a six month period all public and private drills will be removed. A six-month-maximum unemployment benefit will be distributed to all private drillers as compensation. The materials left over from the drills will be recycled and given to other companies for use in products. Green energy will be promoted via the newspaper and internet to make the public aware of the shift. Green energy sources such as wind turbines, hydroelectric, and geothermal plants will be constructed through private contracters to graadually shift America's dependence of of fossil fuels.

First, we will advertse the bill reprocussions and the fact that it was passed in the United States. This will say that we are accepting donations to the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve group. This would also alert those within eligiblity of the bill of the bill's passing. We would do this using television ads and a newspaper announcement. The tax on oil would then be raised five percent. Then, over a six month period, we would remove all oil drills and rigs from the ANWR. The companies/ private drillers would have to remove their own buisnesses. Next, we will hire rangers to patrol the bill area. We will take the scrap oil rig parts and recycle them. We will then begin to provide green energy sources. In this way, we will b posotivley and progressivley shifting America's oil dependency.Though we might be cutting jobs in oil drilling, we will add many more in green energy.

Fiscal Impact:

transport drilling materials. || miles of Reserve || 42,000 salary a year per ranger || These rangers wil patrol areas affected by the bill to make sure no one is drilling. || . || 5000 new turbines || hotspots allow) || 10.5 million per plant || 24 new geothermal plants || per worker || 2 per turbine || per worker. || These workers would be working on assembling the green energy sources and plants. || geothermal operator || These workers will operate the geothermal plants. || has passed ||
 * Category: || Amount: || Description: ||
 * Chartering a 777 Freighter || 1.5 mil || to
 * Airplane fuel || INCLUDED WITH || CHARTERED PLANE. ||
 * Hiring 2 new rangers per 200 square
 * 100 new wind turbines per state || 1.2 mil per turbine
 * 5 new geothermal plants in the mainland per state (or as
 * Salary per wind turbine worker || 54,000 a year
 * Salary of construction worker. || 48,000 a year
 * Salary per geothermal operator (14 states, 10 per state, 10 workers per plant) || 46,000 a year per
 * Advertising on Television || 350,000 || Will make people aware that the bill

TOTAL: 6.7 billion, 350 thousand dollars. We will get the money for this project through cutting funds for fossil fuel programs, raising the oil tax 5%, and through public/private donations.