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Well, at least there is one guy who seems to have his head wrapped around the Alaska energ probles pretty well.  Robert Seitz is a PE Electrical Engineer and lifelong Alaskan who pretty much runs thru the gamut of possible sources of future energy production and storage systems.  He even includes possible Tidal Energy from Cook Inlet, although the focus of the article is on keeping the NG production going at full tilt until other shit can be brought online.  He doesn't discuss the proposed Nuke plant, the Susitna dam, geothermal power from our volcanoes or the NG pipeline from the slope.  Bothe the nuke plant and the dam have the Earthquake problem, which could turn either project into a total disaster if it was anything like the 1964 9.2 quake that took out Anchorage.  Main issue here is his insistence on "free market" principles, which no matter what you do will jack up the price of energy to make profits for the shareholders as high as they can extract from the energy consumers.

Anyhow, the clock is ticking for next winter, and they need to come up with some kind of plan or it could get ugly up here.

https://mustreadalaska.com/robert-seitz-lets-keep-cook-inlet-gas-flowing/

Robert Seitz: Let's keep Cook Inlet gas flowing

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[K-Dog]

One guy who seems to have his head wrapped around the Alaska energy problems pretty well. --- Main issue here is his insistence on "free market" principles.

That is a contradiction that can't be resolved. 

EE's go one of two ways.  Most delude themselves into thinking they are upper class because they make a 'good' wage.  Others who realize that having a good wage does not change your social class tend to go the other way and become radical.

It is a profession that attracts people who have a strong bias about how things should be done.  Could that be my bias because I am one?  That could be.

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A couple of contributions today to the AK NG deficit problem.

The first one on price using imported LNG, which makes the case it's not so bad and price will only rise gradually through 2040, at which time I will be 83 and unlikely to still be above ground.  This does presuppose the price of imported LNG will not rise very much, which somehow I doubt.

https://alaskalandmine.com/landmines/brad-keithleys-chart-of-the-week-impact-of-lng-imports-on-the-cook-inlet-gas-market/

Brad Keithley's Chart of the Week: Impact of LNG imports on the Cook Inlet gas market

Second is a discussion I have yet to watch.

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For those of us here on the Last Great Frontier who would prefer cozy warm Old Folks Warehouses to Igloos, new talk about a gas pipeline being built from the slope is welcome newz.  It also would be aa huge economic boom during the building phase.  Of course it means more CO₂ in the atmosphere, but since they're going to get it from somewhere, might as well be here.

All the obstacles to financing it are still there along with the usual environmental hurdles.  Overall though, I would say politically most Alaskans support this project.  Won't help the next winter though.  I don't think they have a finalized plan for the near term either.

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/04/deal-to-buy-north-slope-gas-boosts-alaska-gasline-prospects-but-hurdles-remain/

Deal to buy North Slope gas boosts Alaska Gasline prospects, but hurdles remain

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