Rhetoric VS. Reality
Policy-makers are talking a lot about energy and energy policy. What fallows are some of the most frequently heard claims and proposals, along with realities that need to be considered when evaluating these claims.
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Our View: We still run on oil
January 1, 2010
Anchorage Daily News
Editor
What's ahead in the next decade? As a practical matter, we assume tomorrow will look pretty much like today. Until tomorrow shocks us into a new kind of thinking. In a recent speech to the Resource Development Council, Dr. Scott Goldsmith explored the economic changes coming to Alaska, and those that have already arrived.
"For the first time in 22 years the (Alaska) economy did not grow this year and we will end it with fewer jobs than we had in January," Dr. Goldsmith noted. He also expects the Alaska economy to contract next year, with tourism facing the most obvious impediments to growth.
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