In an Anchorage Daily News article, ADN, Alaska State Representative Jay Ramras pleaded his and his constituents case for the need of a small diameter natural gas bullet line that would supply Fairbanks with natural gas. He goes so far as to say that they not only want it, but need it. Currently Fairbanks uses diesel for its energy needs, and the city was built on coal power. The current system has been in place for decades, but Rep. Ramras and his supporters believe it was a broken system to begin with.
Rep. Ramras hints at why natural gas was not previously adopted as the primary energy fuel. He implies that diesel producers made a deal of some kind with Fairbanks lawmakers in the past that halted natural gas pipe works. He makes it seem as though people with deep financial ties to diesel are responsible for the past and continued opposition to a natural gas bullet line. There isn’t much opposition out there, but there are many critics to the timing. Most say that it has taken too long for current lawmakers to approve the bullet line.
Energy production is big business, and some one or some group will have more private earnings than they should through the bullet line construction and subsequent natural gas exploitation. But, there is economic value for all residents in switching to natural gas. Rep. Ramras found that it will, “bring down the price of gasoline, bring down the cost of home heating oil, bring down the cost of electricity, and bring down the cost of heating our homes and businesses by having access to a small diameter natural gas bullet line.”
Cutting consumer costs is where this bullet line makes its best arguments. Based on this article, building a natural gas pipeline to Fairbanks for the purpose of minimizing consumer energy costs is in the best interests of the city of Fairbanks.
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Citation source is from an Anchorage Daily News online article.
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