Flexpipe can do all that a big steel megapipe can do and much much more.
Flexpipe eliminates the $65billion hurdle & $55billion hurdle & $45billion hurdle & $35billion hurdle & $25billion hurdle & $15billion hurdle & $5billion hurdle...  
Merry Christmas;  Flexpipe can begin a profitable return for Alaska with less than a $2billion initial financing package... and the rest is downhill from there.

Flexpipe combines Gasline + Fiberoptic + HVDC-powerline into one pipe.
The industrial commercial architecture is amazing.

Welcome to the 21st Century Alaskans!!

goog:  supergrid asia

goog:  hvdc hdpe  ...and read the first 20 links you see

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/lets-build-a-global-power-grid

With a little DC wizardry and a lot of gas, we could swap power across continents.