Smells like the greatest deterrent to Alaska's economy is....   THE LEGISLATURE.  Not so much because off the weird things it does; rather because it does them so often.  Uncertainty is the enemy of economic progress.  This constant tinkering with the oil industry makes forward planning impossible and leads to paralysis.  Want an empty pipeline but with jobs dismantling it?  Then keep up messing around, leggies and the prophecy of an Alaska-sans-economy will be upon us all.