What would happen IF.. Alaskas HUGE supply of coal was capitalized on mined and sent to CHINA...
PAY them off with an absolutely HUGE amount of coal mined in Alaska.. and shipped to China.. at a discount..
Alaska has SO MUCH coal, so much, that it dwarfs the supply in several eastern States.. maybe all of them..
Actually most of Alaska has coal seams a bit under the surface..
We can’t use it... BUT we could ship it all to China and India.. in huge barges..
Akaska has so much coal it could supply most of the world for several hundred YEARS... maybe a millennium..
Here is another “what if...”
What if the coal fired power plants just refused to shut down? What if the people rose up to support this action?