Chris Rose
33:20 - 34:01
"the rail belt right now is still about 80% reliant on natural gas for making electricity, almost 100% for heat. And that's really a problem now that natural gas is in short supply. It's getting a lot more expensive. There's a world market for it."
“the rail belt right now is still about 80% reliant on natural gas for making electricity, almost 100% for heat. And that's really a problem now that natural gas is in short supply. It's getting a lot more expensive. There's a world market for it.”
- Speaker
- Chris Rose
- Timestamp
- 33:20 – 34:01
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
And the rail belt right now is still about 80% reliant on natural gas for making electricity, almost 100% for heat. And that's really a problem now that natural gas is in short supply. It's getting a lot more expensive. There's a world market for it. And I think as everyone knows who reads the papers, the utilities are now talking about importing LNG, which is— was totally predictable, talked about for 10 or 15 years, and now seems like it's a surprise and an emergency when there could have— there could have probably been actions taken earlier on to avoid that.
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