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What have you heard?

There's a lot of loose talk out there about opening more of our public lands to more oil and gas drilling to reduce fuel prices.

In reality, America cannot drill its way to cheaper prices at the pump.

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We've put together some of the arguments we've heard from those who support opening up more public lands to oil and gas drilling. Look through them and select the ones you've heard or want to know more about -- we'll email you back the facts on why they just aren't true. Then you can share the facts with your friends and neighbors.

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	Drilling more oil and gas wells will reduce gasoline prices.
	Vast quantities of oil and gas beneath public lands are closed to energy development.
	We need to increase domestic drilling in order to achieve energy independence and increase homeland security.
	Opening the 19.2 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to drilling would reduce today's gasoline prices.
	There are too many environmental restrictions on drilling.

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The Truth About America's Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles and Pockets Profits (Committee on Natural Resources, June 2008)

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