For Alaska friends: a reader sent this link to a speech I gave 2 years ago to the International Association of Energy Economists.  It now seems to have pretty well forecasted what we are now experiencing.  What do you think? ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink.  The state government's reimbursements to a major Canadian pipeline company seeking to develop a North Slope gas line skyrocketed late last year Edmonton Journal by Shaun Polczer .  During the quarter, Imperial and partners received regulatory approval to build the $16-billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline [...]