Round the LNG loop
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008The 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.