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Posted on July 6 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The pipeline is currently running at about half capacity. ANWR could double that. We currently provide more than 20% of domestic oil consumption. We could double that. If not now, when?
Posted on July 6 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The pipeline is currently running at about half capacity. ANWR could double that. We currently provide more than 20% of domestic oil consumption. We could double that. If not now, when?
Posted on July 6 at 1:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The pipeline is operating at about half capacity and we are still supplying more than 20% of domestic oil consumption. ANWR can double that. If not now, when?
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Posted on July 4 at 5:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yay Panners! World-Class baseball in Fairbanks. The most undersold franchise in America. While it is easy to think the Goldpanners will last forever, it would be worthwhile to consider what sustains them. It isn't the northern lights..
Posted on July 4 at 5:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just be happy for the good things our country offers. A lot of my family suffered in t depression and in WWII (the big one) so we can enjoy the benefits of modern society.
I would suggest Chena Lakes, or perhaps going on a vacation.
I would also suggest ignoring TV. They are trying to get you to stress about a war with Iran which will never happen. They are also trying to get you to thing you have a say in the presidential election. They make you think you need to know about all these gut-wrenching issues which you really have no control over.
So help the poor person on your block. If you ave funds, give to those who help people.
Above all, don't let the naysayers in the world get you down.
Happy Independence Day
Posted on July 4 at 4:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I have several friends who are pilots in rural Alaska and after hearing their stories I am not too surprised that there are few people willing to subject themselves to the conditions they routinely encounter. There have been a number of fatalities due to the weather and the maintenance levels that are considered routine. Until the small airlines provide incentives and assurances it is no wonder that pilots seek employment elsewhere. So how do we turn this around? Easy: funding. Which means each passenger will need to help provide the funding to protect themselves and to ensure availability of air travel.
Posted on July 4 at 4:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
One idea that nobody seem seems to consider is that Alaska can sell its own royalty oil based refined products to Alaskans at below market prices. Since the prices are not based on production costs, this would means accepting less profit. In a market where the profit is the majority cost, and where Alaska is not hurting in terms of budget, this would appear to be a very attractive way of showing priority to Alaska consumers. The royalty oil should show some special benefit to Alaskans, anyway. Since we are all the owners of the resources of the state, why not allow the owners to partake of the benefits at a price better than the market at large? And when in comes to future development, when have we ever decided not to develop resources based on the time to market? Only when the developer doesn't have the funds to complete the project. Well, Alaska does indeed have the funds to complete the project of developing ANWR. Only when we decide to allow outside corporations to make the decisions does it look like it may not happen. So Alaska needs to take control of the process, form a consortium that will work for us, and provide the incentives to make it happen.
With oil at 14* a barrel, which is a lot more than the 18 per barrel we based our budgets on just a few years ago, it should be a whole new environment.
If not now, when?
Posted on July 4 at 2:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I have seen the offshore leases. However, I have known people who had leases in Prudhoe for a long time before actual development occurred. I am hoping that logic will prevail and that the offshore leases are not exercised. The last thing we need is an accident offshore. Especially when there is going to be open water. It could be the worst disaster we have faced, bar none. What we need to do is utilize proven technology (and upgrade it) and simply bring oil to market the same way we have always done. Personally, I think we should kick Exxon out of the state. And maybe I lean towards Alaska forming its own production consortium similar to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (but with much, much more oversight). Alaska has thus far been willing to let others do the work. And when those others screw up they screw us. It is time to have serious management of our own resources.
On Stevens outlines energy goals, stresses domestic resources
Posted on July 4 at 9:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ANWR has the potential to double our oil production, using the existing trans-Alaska pipeline. Offshore is environmentally risky. If we are currently supplying 25% of the domestic oil production, and in less than a decade can double that, it just makes good sense. If not now, when?
On Stevens outlines energy goals, stresses domestic resources
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Posted on July 6 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The pipeline is currently running at about half capacity. ANWR could double that. We currently provide more than 20% of domestic oil consumption. We could double that. If not now, when?
On ANWR numbers