"""I’m not for the state going bankrupt just for the sake of building it."""

ME  TOO !!!!!!!!   ;-)

If Shinzo Abe can dump $30billion into Africa this week,
then he can loan Alaskans $500million next week.
$500mil is plenty to start a flexpipe production industry in Alaska.

A big backbone megawhopper steel sister-pipe to TAPS is a silly idea based on old 1950's technology rehashed by bogus experts for decades. In 1975 I knew TAPS was obsolete before we finished it. Early AKLNG under Parnell blew a few hundred million on "expert consultants"...

goog:  agdc saic
goog:  saic fraud
goog: saic iraq

IMHO:  A big whopper gasline is an unnecessary National Security Risk,  a big fat target for any idiot.

A statewide invisible flexpipe network can easily ship 5bcfd of gas to global markets, and it's resilient from attack or nat-disaster.  First flexpipe pays for a dozen flexpipes.

API 15s Spoolable Composite Pipe can also be designed by Alaskans to function as a HVDC power conductor.