tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post7220428724674124563..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: Build Pebble Mine? - This WILL HappenPhilip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-41046565338533640762009-01-01T19:26:00.000-09:002009-01-01T19:26:00.000-09:00PB @ #5 - I've gotten to the point that I NEVER be...PB @ #5 - I've gotten to the point that I NEVER believe industry when they say they will build something to last longer than a very few years. If they were anywhere close to being able to clean up any of the enormous messes they create, I'd probably be more accommodating.Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-21330454353758400322009-01-01T14:23:00.000-09:002009-01-01T14:23:00.000-09:00Phillip: Indeed, Sarah's blessing is sometimes en...Phillip: Indeed, Sarah's blessing is sometimes enough to remove all trust, eh? Just adding to the discussion, I think a good approach for 'Progressive' is to be problem-solving accompanied by a social and conservation conscience. I am not suggesting an ideology, only an approach to problem-solving. It very well may be that the sum of all social and conservation factors at Pebble mean that the project should not be pursued. I don't know at this point. I am suggesting the Progressive approach to the situation is to ask under what conditions, if any, could development safely take place. There will be some mining projects in the State that will pass scrutiny. Is that approach what you mean for the term 'Progressive'?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337781199678397958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-26705020794718565372008-12-31T19:14:00.000-09:002008-12-31T19:14:00.000-09:00Anonymous 3:04 - I hear you. It is a sensitive sp...Anonymous 3:04 - I hear you. It is a sensitive spot, a beautiful spot, and produces a lot of fish which also support jobs, jobs which are hard to find in rural Alaska. That entire drainage is a sensitive area. Maybe there are places we just cannot get at. Then again, we do have a land-grant university whose original mission encompassed challenges like this. Maybe there is a different, better way to get at the ore. It does not hurt to research it. Folks need the jobs if it can be done safely. <BR/><BR/>But I hear both of you. The history of all such development doesn't exactly engender trust, does it? Still, Alaskans have a taste for hard problems.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337781199678397958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-89594704787983326322008-12-31T15:21:00.000-09:002008-12-31T15:21:00.000-09:00But, but, but - Sarah promised us it will be OK, a...But, but, but - Sarah promised us it will be OK, and she gets her info straight from the big guy above, doesn't she.....?Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-38540268146270545542008-12-31T15:04:00.000-09:002008-12-31T15:04:00.000-09:00How about NO PEBBLE MINE AT ALL? It isn't the size...How about NO PEBBLE MINE AT ALL? It isn't the size of the fucking mine PB, it's Location, location, LOCATION!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-79740787358130687612008-12-31T14:47:00.000-09:002008-12-31T14:47:00.000-09:00I wonder how the impact and economics of Pebble wo...I wonder how the impact and economics of Pebble would look if, instead of a mine aimed for 50 years of operation, it was a much smaller physical operation aimed at a 200 year operating life? Do we accomplish more appropriate development by reducing the scale of extraction? With no limits on ideas, how could we accomplish mining like this safely?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337781199678397958noreply@blogger.com