"To do something stupid and blow the partnership apart would be a tragic mistake."  Yea, verily.  I came to Alaska to survey on the oil pipeline, fell in love with Alaska, and stayed.  I like pipelines as much as the next guy.  But I really hate seeing ego-centric buffoons waste good money on ill-considered projects, especially our money.  We'll get one chance to do the gas line properly.  Considering the state's  amateur forays into the adult world of business in the past (Dreaming big: 6 Alaska boondoggles - http://www.adn.com/features/article/dreaming-big-6-alaska-boondoggles/2011/10/10/?page=0,5), we should be very careful indeed, and wait for the majors - the real adults, not tough guy pretenders - to invest their own money.