A thousand year plan
for oil, with particular respect for the immediate foreground
in Alaska, would recognize the contribution of those who discovered
the North Slope oil resource, appropriately cover the costs they
cannot cover, reward them, pay the state for storage underground,
then record the oil reserve as part of the inventory to be budgeted
to last a thousand years. The Plan would contemplate that oil
may one day serve a more important purpose than fueling automobiles
and supersonic transports.
DAVID
R. BROWER
