"Comment: Everyone wants to be "cured" of our oil addiction. We want to be able to hunt polar bears on the ice cap, not on bare ground. We don't want to see the beautiful Polynesian islands sinking under the waves. With the population set to double in the next few decades, there is only one question for the radical environmetalists:
What is the alternative fuel and can we have it by 3:00 P.M. today? If there are none, then start working with the energy companies to find a way to clean up the fuel we need today and look for that special "clean fuel" you are so adament about, tomorrow. Every time you put in a law suit, you stop the "clean fuel" process 10 fold. "
That clean full is hear like Europe's massive ocean wind farms, Spains sun towers, or plain old wind turbins.
If everyone stop complain about how ugly they are you would wonder why don't they put one up in mine, i would like that check every month for a thousand or so for sitting on my fat a** and watching the wind blow. if we took even part of the roughly 1 trillion dollars we spend to other counties (mostly the ery one on our terror list for sponcerinf terrist that kill us in iraq) we could wuild massive farms that would power all major city and go from there and be done in less time than it takes to build new drill sites, which takes at best 10 years to start production, ya that sounds like a quick fix?
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All of which is why tapping the natural-gas fields now is imperative to offset declines in oil-tax revenue and keep industry busy in Alaska, state leaders say. Palin's quest to secure Alaska's future began last year when she invited all energy companies, large and small, to compete for an exclusive state license and a $500 million subsidy to build the gas pipeline. But the state received only one qualifying bid, from TransCanada, which doesn't own any Alaska gas and may have to pursue other subsidies to get its project off the ground.
In contrast, BP and Conoco didn't submit a bid under Palin's rules, instead pledging to spend $600 million on preliminary work over the next three years, with the hope of turning on the spigot as early as 2018. "Conoco and BP are saying, 'We'll do this project our way,' and that flies completely in the face of the governor," says Gwozd. "This will undoubtedly test her strength and resolve. Is she as strong as the oil companies?"
For now, though, the battle is out of Palin's hands. The Alaska legislature has 60 days to decide if it should back TransCanada. Already, the proposal is facing opposition. "I'm hearing a number of the legislators are gearing up to throw their support" behind the BP-ConocoPhillips project, says state Rep. Les Gara.
Still, if Palin loses her standoff with Big Oil, she may have one more chance to endear herself to the people. Residents are paying some of the highest gasoline and diesel prices in the country, particularly in rural parts of the state, where the fuel is used for everything from Eskimo hunters straddling four-wheelers to powering salmon fishing boats to keeping prop planes aloft, the latter the main mode of transportation in bush Alaska.
Ever the populist, Palin has asked the legislature to pass a bill that would give every resident $1,200 to help pay for gasoline. This proposal isn't a slam-dunk either, but no doubt Hugo Chávez would be proud.
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