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Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.
The residents in this particular area have been complaining for 30+ years (somewhat loudly) to the Alaskan government that they don't have access to basic commerce. There's no road! Jimmy Carter doesn't want to build a road to meet these people?
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How is he responsible for the hostage crisis?
He's not. People are still buying into 40 year-old propaganda against him.
Looking at google maps, there's a ferry about 30 mile ride on the water. I don't know the route they're proposing, but maybe 60 miles over mountains. Ugh. The ambulance isn't going to be going 60 over washboard roads. The good people of Alaska can do whatever they want, but if the concern is medical emergencies, they should seriously consider keeping a plane at the airport, illuminate the airport, and make sure the r…
We built an interstate across an entire mountain range. Just because a road goes over a mountain does mean it can’t be easily possible at highway speeds.
If they're concerned about emergency services - Anchorage seems like the closest trauma center. 900 miles away. Maintain the airport and keep a plane there. Screwing around with an hour drive before getting to a plane seems like the kind of plan that won't really help much if you need emergency services.
Atrocious to me that anybody would want to block that road. A mine? Sure. Logging? Yup. Oil exploration? Yeah. A gravel road to an airport in Alaska? Come on. I haven't lived in Rural Alaska in 20 years but I was born and raised in a fishing village. People in the lower 48 have no understanding of the vastness of Alaska and how small a concession this really is. These specious environmental lawsuits are why no infras…
Gas is $6 a gallon, poor families are going hungry, but ok… Human life should matter more than some self-hating environmentalists’ desire for the earth to be some perceived paradise devoid of humanity.
This logic will lead to the complete destruction of all natural environments on the only planet in the solar system to host life, and then to our extinction.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.
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There are very few government run agencies or programs that get voluntary donations. NASA is one, our national parks are the other. It’s obvious.
Looking at google maps, there's a ferry about 30 mile ride on the water. I don't know the route they're proposing, but maybe 60 miles over mountains. Ugh. The ambulance isn't going to be going 60 over washboard roads. The good people of Alaska can do whatever they want, but if the concern is medical emergencies, they should seriously consider keeping a plane at the airport, illuminate the airport, and make sure the r…
Looking at google maps, there's a ferry about 30 mile ride on the water. I don't know the route they're proposing, but maybe 60 miles over mountains. Ugh. The ambulance isn't going to be going 60 over washboard roads. The good people of Alaska can do whatever they want, but if the concern is medical emergencies, they should seriously consider keeping a plane at the airport, illuminate the airport, and make sure the r…
Also, you could make the ferry ride about half as long if you start on the other side of the peninsula from King Cove (only need two miles of road!).
Congress wrote a review in 2015 that assessed the possibilities for a helicopter and a ferry:
https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/D8EA08E9-75F1-4...
Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.
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If you accept that the diversity and abundance of plant and non-human animal life has instrinic value then it's an awfully easy to say that blocking further human development in wild areas is the "right" thing to do.