PALIN ADMINISTRATION ENCOURAGES POSITIVE VIEW ON GAS LINE

State officials overseeing the Alaska natural gas pipeline today encouraged lawmakers to consider the need for all energy sources to be tapped in the push for the United States to achieve energy security.

"I see that a few legislators returned from the Energy Council meeting in Washington, D.C., with questions about the viability of our gas line project, based on reports they heard about the availability of shale gas as an energy source," said Tom Irwin, Commissioner of Natural Resources. "But while shale gas is important for America's energy future, it in no way replaces the urgent need for Alaskan gas for the Lower 48 market."

Dr. Mark Myers, the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Coordinator, noted that much of the proposed production of shale gas will face environmental opposition over water use and disposal and conflicts over surface uses.

"Shale gas resource numbers being quoted in the media are typically "in-place estimates" of the volume, not the much smaller amount that is actually recoverable in economic terms," Dr. Myers said. "Shale gas requires high-cost wells whose rate of production declines quickly."

He also noted that current estimates of the national demand for energy do not reflect the need for cleaner-burning gas to reduce greenhouse CO2 emissions in the coming decades.

Alaska has 35 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of identified gas reserves, with average estimates of another 227 tcf of technically recoverable undiscovered gas.

"Getting that gas to market around 2018 is crucial in moving America toward greater energy independence", said Governor Sarah Palin.

"So Americans will need both Alaska North Slope gas and shale gas," the Governor said.

For more information, contact Tom Irwin, Commissioner of Natural Resources at (907) 269-8426.

“”Alaska has 35 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of identified gas reserves, with average estimates of another 227 tcf of technically recoverable undiscovered gas.

“Getting that gas to market around 2018 is crucial in moving America toward greater energy independence”, said Governor Sarah Palin.

“So Americans will need both Alaska North Slope gas and shale gas,” the Governor said.”
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Conversion to other forms of energy will take many years. Who can afford to dump all the cars, home heating/cooling, electricity to run our electric products; and agree to stop the known and recoverable resources now?

Crazy as it sounds if the EPA had it's way ... it would curtail all coal, gas, gasoline, paper mills, lumbermmills, water sources, etc., ... NOW not later.

Why is there this surge in mass transportation (buses) in areas where no one rides them? Operating at a loss to the public ‘s loss of revenue? Forcing more money for the system ... on going. Ordering bigger buses ... when they now rarely have more than 3-6 people on their routes? This is a small instance of the insanity they are cramming down our throats in the name of global warming. Which is a hoax.

How bamboozled are we?

you get the idea

Just because you are a female doesn't mean you aren't a chauvinist, or consider women to be less than men.

Within the conservative movement there strong contingent of females who believe that women should be subservient to men.

And really, this was what the Lilly Ledbetter case boiled down to.

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