If I'm not mistaken I believe farmers use heavily government subsidized diesel, that specially colored stuff, which is another form of welfare.

ANWR, what part of wildlife refuge don't you understand and why should the tax payer give billions to those whom are already heavily subsidized by the tax payer and, at the same time, ripping off the taxpayer just for a thimble full of oil that will do nothing to lower prices?
It's like turning over a national park to a timber company along with a few billion in tax payer dollars and then they export the timber to Japan.