Jay Cross--Yes, this is exactly what the Legislature (under the supposedly conservative majority coalitions) is doing. Privatizing the profits and socializing the costs. To be fair, I don't think the Conoco Coalition realized how far SB-21 (no doubt written by oil industry) went. Step 1: Repeal SB-21. They are not filling the pipeline. There's no million barrels a day coming on line. It was all lies. All it took was 15 million dollars of propaganda to persuade Alaskans to give up billions, for no reason but ideology.