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Originally Posted by dmnknightomega6
Nick,
you guys have to import fuel from the lower 48? buy from canada!! worse yet, dont you guys drill the oil?
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Gas would be really cheap and the oil companies would lose profit if we had our own refineries.
The relationship between oil and State is always teetering on the brink.
Right now they are whining and *****ing about a tax proposal, saying they invest so much money in our state that it's wrong to tax them when they are turning out record profits day by day.
They are so shady. They made their own proposal, that if we were to agree to it, would make them untaxable for 45 years, and pretty much untouchable and they wouldn't have to do anything.
The deal we currently have is they are allowed to drill for oil here, but they have to produce. They can't just sit on the land, driving up demand and consequently profits.
It's getting close to the point if big oil doesn't shape up, we will consider them breaking the contract and boot them out of the state. There are plenty of smaller oil companies willing to take their place.
The difficult part is, our governor Murkowski is standing right beside them. He doesn't give a flying **** about the people or the state.