So,
the price tag that is sitting on Governor Walker's desk today to
build an LNG export with Alaska's “Stranded” North Slope Gas, it
runs from $45-Billion to $65-Billion. Remember, the
Trans-Alaska-Pipeline was a $9-Billion gamble that paid off
handsomely. So here it is in a nutshell “Alaska Natural
Gas 101”. If we buy
cheap imported steel from nations that give not a rat's ass about
labor wages or working conditions and at the same time hire
ditch
diggers to build this pipeline that
are
non-UNION, then we get the $45-Billion deal. Get the point? And
this will be allowed only if the LNG lobby can get to Don Young,
MoanaLisa MurCowpie and Daniel Boone and pay them to change the
existing law, which today is as follows: Alaska
Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004 under
Section
111
~ SENSE
OF CONGRESS CONCERNING USE OF STEEL MANUFACTURED IN NORTH AMERICA
&
NEGOTIATION OF A PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENT. It is the sense of Congress that (1) an Alaska natural gas
transportation project would provide significant economic benefits to
the United States and Canada; and (2) to maximize those benefits, the
sponsors of the Alaska natural gas transportation project should make
every effort to (A) use steel that is manufactured in North America;
and (B)
negotiate a project labor agreement to expedite construction of the
pipeline.
Is
it worth $20-Billion to gut
the
AMERICAN SPIRIT?
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