Michael Perelman wrote:
Very interesting. Wouldn't winter be easier, because the workers can run trucks over the frozen ground rather than sinking into the muck left by global warming -- but then I have never been to Alaska.
Last year, the Prudhoe bay operators petitioned the feds and Alaska to change the requirement that the permafrost on the tundra be a certain thickness before equipment is moved to avoid environmental damage. They are having a problem... due to global warming, the tundra isn't staying frozen to the regulated depth long enough for the drilling operations to move equipment around. I never saw the results of their efforts in print, but if they failed, it would just be added incentive to shut the operation down anyway, despite the whistle... Leigh http://leighm.net/
