Like the last shot of the Spring Moose season fired all the way from the NRA Convention or somewhere close by . . .

The Anchorage Daily News ran Editorial Contributions today (5/18/09) that both dealt with ENERGY issues in Alaska. One was a broad but shallow endorsement of a project or series of projects that abandons a good portion of BUSH ALASKA and doesn’t even address the May 25th deadline for Federal Stimulus Funds targeted at ENERGY. Those plans do however promote the financial growth of foreign interests and affordable natural gas for those who can acquire it.

The other contribution was a pretty precise and practical approach that has worked in other areas of the world. . . Promotion of commercial and residential power production, something that I began promoting over a year ago for the State in various blogs, letters and phone calls. This idea is one that addresses the needs of ALL of ALASKA and is aimed at producing clean ENERGY, not reliance on greenhouse emitting fuels.

Madam Governor, you were elected by ALASKA & I think I’m safe in asking this . . .

What about those ALASKAN communities that cannot access a gas pipeline of accommodate mass storage, such as in Western Alaska? The money process for developing the necessary infrastructure and generation capabilities needed to ensure long-term (20+ Years) viability is going to be a lot slower than parceling out ALASKAN NATURAL RESOURCES to the highest bidder and waiting for PEBBLE MINE to take over. In my conversation this evening with John Shively, he reiterated that 600MW is a lot of power and they are aiming at getting the State of Alaska to subsidize the construction of a grid in Western Alaska, thus ensuring that the mine will be built. Is that the States intention for Western Alaska?