Alaska Gov. Vows to Push Pipeline Deal

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-elect/2006/aug/23/082305314.html

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Frank Murkowski vowed Wednesday to continue to push a contract for a natural gas pipeline to Canada even though he lost the Republican primary and will soon be out of office.

"It's the only game in town," the Republican governor said of his deal with BP PLC, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Corp.

The $25 billion gas pipeline proposal has been a focus of the campaign season, and Murkowski has met resistance. Critics say his deal with the companies cedes too much in incentives without firm commitments to get it built.

The pipeline would stretch at least 2,100 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Alberta, Canada, and perhaps another 1,500 miles to Chicago. It would carry about 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas each day and could supply about 10 percent of future U.S. natural gas demand.

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[pazuzu]

1. Rotten old bastard is dead and doesn't know it.

[bahrbearian]

2. "It's the only game in town"

Let us not forget the Alaska Wilderness and Coast.. "Oil the only Game In Town" that is going to ring loud and clear in all the Towns and Villages...

[roguevalley]

3. he called two special sessions and they voted it down, a repug

controlled legislature. Frank the Bank even looks stoopid.

[bahrbearian]

6. The people of Alaska can see through his shit. the oil money means

nothing ,when they lose their livelihood.

[nam78_two]

4. Murkowski is a bastard

He has been one of the most aggressive advocates for drilling in ANWR.
Pity his daughter, a real chip of the repulsive old block, is gonna be around for a while.

[Benhurst]

5. What a wimp. He's out of the race just because he lost the primary?

I knew he was corrupt; but where's his Jomentum?

:rofl:

[pazuzu]

7. He should declare: "I will not let this stand"

To hell with the voters.