RogerP… I’m guessing Mr.Forecast has been living in Fairbanks area for a longtime..
Maybe he’s been not getting enough sleep and is a little grouchy.
I moved out of Fairbanks longtime ago, but I still like the place.
Many people who live in Anchorage are kinda clueless about the harsh realities of living in Fairbanks and out in the bush. Since the late 1960’s living in A-rage is kinda like living in North Seattle, you don’t have to cut 12 cords of firewood every summer prepping for next winter, then choke on the smoke all winter, and die at age 55 from emphysema.
The air-pollution in China is more tolerable than the air in Fairbanks.

since 1970’s A-rage people have insulted the rest of Alaskans by mistakenly interchanging Anchorage as all of Alaska…
this Anchorage-centric viewpoint still rankles many of us.
“Gas for Alaskans” translates to: Gas for Anchorage at any expense and forget the rest of Alaska.

…this actually has rippling repercussions extending to a critical National Security issue involving territorial infrastructure resilience.

When I lived in Fairbanks our nickname for Anchorage was “Lower Slobovia”

Lynn… I’m guessing Mr.Forecast has been living in Fairbanks area for a longtime..
Maybe he’s been not getting enough sleep and is a little grouchy.
I moved out of Fairbanks longtime ago, but I still like the place.
Many people who live in Anchorage are kinda clueless about the harsh realities of living in Fairbanks and out in the bush. Since the late 1960’s living in A-rage is kinda like living in North Seattle, you don’t have to cut 12 cords of firewood every summer prepping for next winter, then choke on the smoke all winter, and die at age 55 from emphysema.
The air-pollution in China is more tolerable than the air in Fairbanks.

since 1970’s A-rage people have insulted the rest of Alaskans by mistakenly interchanging Anchorage as all of Alaska…
this Anchorage-centric viewpoint still rankles many of us.

When I lived in Fairbanks our nickname for Anchorage was “Lower Slobovia”

Dr. John Barclay has developed the technology of Superconducting Magnetic Cryogenic Refrigeration.
This technology is amazingly efficient and scalable

Jon K… You want FERC permits ?? .. no problem,
if you have a project that fits into the REAL WORLD.

Alaskans need to learn how to satisfy the federal agendas,
it’s not always about money, people need to feel important too.

IMHO; this gasline project is overblown and oversold.
Alaska needs to grow up and diversify away from having a fat titty to suck on.
TAPS created a cargo-cult of top-heavy Alaskans, and now we find ourselves defined by that bumpersticker.
…The best market for Alaska’s gas is ALASKA.

The Federal Govt is scared spitless of Fukushima and the failed WIPP,Carlsbad…
they have their minds focused on other stuff besides a tiny band of Alaskans wanting to become billionaires.

If we have an appetite for megaprojects, we should go fix Fukushima first…
…don’t believe the official story about “radiation is good for you”.
Fukushima would make a great spot to establish an Alaskan Gas Hub in Japan.

Chernobyl had 180tons of fuel rods in it when it blew, and only 3tons of that burned and traveled offsite to contaminate 77,000sqmi of Europe.

Compare that to Fukushima which had 2200tons of fuel rods on site, and over 400 tons of that burned and exploded and traveled offsite, leaving the remainder to sink and sizzle in the surf.. none of this has been removed from the site, all the remaining fuelrods are still onsite in peril of further decay & destruction… plus there’s several other reactors in Japan which are teetering on the edge of meltdown too.

I have friends who were on the crew of the Ronald Reagan when it was 100 miles downwind of the reactor#3 explosion, they are now sick & dying…
if you think Alaska is untouched by this calamity, think again.

I think the best way for Alaskans to make best use of our gas is to begin plowing lots of flexpipe/fiberoptic all over the state.
Since 1974 I have been advocating Alaska to have it’s own flexpipe manufacturing industry, and over the years flexpipe has gotten better & better, now it’s the preferred choice for midstream & mainstream pipelines worldwide.
We don’t need a platinum plated fatpipe stuffed thru Atigun Pass, this is bad for National Security anyways.

click my nickname above for a link to think about..
..I could dump a thousand links here but Amanda would hate me.

Roger,
The guy would probably be more at home on facebook. He remains anonymous and who knows whose side he really represents other than his own and that is a very minority position.

Well I read the other comments, lol. Guess you have something to say, but still.. why so aggressive? Most all news outlets advertise. This blog is no different

@forecast Oh please. Amandas posts on Parnell are filled with opinion. There’s plenty to object to. If you disagree with her, say why. Suggesting she’s been bought out in the form of digital ads just says you have nothing to say

Forecast I meant to say you haven’t explained how we build the project without a credible cost estimate. I would genuinely like to know how it is that you think cost estimates are developed for projects of this magnitude, how much it costs to get an estimate, who will do it for us, and how long it will take.

Forecast, unfortunately EISs get stale over time. If we tried to resurrect that EIS, which doesn’t even follow the same route and has a different terminus, and also did not include a gas treatment plant – look it up – we would get sued and lose. There are dozens of additions reasons why we cannot rely on the previously issued EIS, we can get into if you want. My hunch is like a lot of liberals you will try to impugn my motives and then change the subject.

You also have explained how we sell a commodity without understanding the costs of the project. Are we supposed to spit ball the cost estimates and then go to Japan? What price do we ask for?

Walker is selling Alaskans a bill of goods with reckless talking points. He is clueless or lying to Alaskans and we have a press corps that is unwilling to engage or call him on his BS.