[Tallguy]

Tell them to look at a map. Bulk commodities tend to be shipped to the nearest consumer — that’s the reason much of Alaska’s oil goes to Japan & much of our oil comes from Venezuala & Mexico. It’s a world market.

[thackney]

Tell them to look at a map. Bulk commodities tend to be shipped to the nearest consumer — that’s the reason much of Alaska’s oil goes to Japan

I suggest you look at a map. Japan is about twice as far away from Valdez as our West Coast Refineries.