Mike Dunleavy
29:22 - 30:10
“that enormous amount of gas would enable us to get incredibly low prices, relatively speaking here in state in Alaska, which would reduce, as opposed to what's happening in other parts of the country, reduce the cost of energy for Alaskans for the long term.”
- Speaker
- Mike Dunleavy
- Timestamp
- 29:22 – 30:10
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
Well, that, that would be a death knell for business coming to Alaska, especially if you're looking at $16 a unit gas or higher. And so what this project would do for us, because 500,000 people on what we refer to as the rail belt between Fairbanks, Anchorage and where the gas would be exported, we're an afterthought. I mean we're so small, but that enormous amount of gas would enable us to get incredibly low prices, relatively speaking here in state in Alaska, which would reduce, as opposed to what's happening in other parts of the country, reduce the cost of energy for Alaskans for the long term. You know, we got about a minute and 40 seconds left, Brandon, and I want to give this time to you to just opine on, you know, where you, where you think this is going, what you want people to think about. Because I am confident.
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