A friend recently pointed out that after decommissioning, federal law demands removal of the Alaska oil pipeline. And no funds have ever been budgeted for that removal.
I can see it now: 2019 sees the Alaska economy drop over a cliff. And the story in a 2021 issue of the Homer News states: “… Mike Kennedy and his rag-tag gang of ruffians have been heading out north out of Valdez each morning to whack off another 40-foot section of the abandoned Alaska pipeline dragging the section back to Valdez where it is cut into small sections and sold back to Japan at 1/2 cent per pound.”
This is Alaska’s last “Big Project.” – Jack Polster
