[Wait4Truth]

OK deserves all the good news it can get! What a great state! The oil is flowing and President Bush is ahead 2 to 1. Thanks for the good news!

[Eska]

Alaskan govt is funded by oil revenue. Double edge sword here also. I remember paying $4.95 a gal to fill up my snowmachine in a bush community 100 miles from anch several years back. It's 3 bucks in my village now; higher it goes; yu back off on consumption.

Last year, all the repub & dem politicians could talk about was how badly alaska needed state sales, income, and property taxes. Meek as church mice now about the issue; so the money must be really rolling in.

Guess i'd much rather pay 350/gal for gas than 10,000 in increased taxes.

[norraad]

So many states have thousands of capped wells (some of which have replenished themselves to former levels), let's hope this price bubble allows them to come on line.

We have more in our on ground at these prices than we need to import.

But we're up against longterm corrupt contracts with infinite kickbacks & discount schemes(the oil for food criminals didn't invent them all).