Explain why building a pipeline from Prudhoe to Japan is a better idea than building a pipeline that goes through the wilderness.
The real purpose here is to keep the 120 people in the Houston office (& how many others, elsewhere) working at big salaries - producing 33,000 pages of paperwork as they bleed the state coffers. Ak should never attempt to "partner" with BigOIl. We see luxury cruise ships sailing from Seward to NYC. We should sit on the gas until a private entity (BIgOIl -?) builds the tankers (when the market is right) & ships the gas from Prudhoe to Japan - much shorter & less risky that the NW Passage. Forget building a pipeline that tears up the wilderness & will demand massive maintenance costs .... if it doesn't bankrupt the state - which is likely. Beware that the PermFund, all or part, is not used as collateral for building that idiotic Pipe Dream. It's way past time to retire this Pipline Obsession & everyone connected with it.