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The public hearing yesterday was awe-inspiringly predictable. It ranged from the lady that thought we could survive, apparently forever, on Alabama-produced natural gas and therefore the terminal was unnecessary - to the parade of various business interests that have made plans based on its forever availability.

Uncertainty about the consequences remains at an all-time high. There is no doubt that we will lose fish for energy - the question is whether it will induce a catastrophic collapse of a  fishery teetering somewhere between economic extinction and tedious recovery.

The oil companies are obviously continuing the campaign for drilling in ANWAR and off Florida with little concern for the fact that these resources are a “drop in the bucket” of what we need to approach sustainability. The commercials advertising the usefulness of that domestic source emphasizes the insanity of sticking to fossil fuels as am energy source, but frankly it all boils down to too many people needing too much from the earth - wind and ocean current resources have their own problems - even solar because of the battery storage and disposal problems that go undiscussed.