Have you checked out AVEC's power plan using our stranded gas on the North Slope? The state would get tangible maximum benefits from our gas IF we used that plan to provide affordable, reliable, and long-term power for the entire state. Your points of developing a petrochemical industry is a separate issue. North Slope gas delivered in a gas pipeline is not economical at this time. Who knows when it will become so. Accessible gas is being found in the Cook Inlet region that can provide the base resources you say are required for PVC, jet fuel, and other fuels for Alaskans and export. Until a pipeline is built to deliver gas from the North Slope, the AVEC power plan appears to be the highest and best use of our stranded natural gas on the North Slope.