Something's gotta power all those new AI data centers with massive capacity and it isn't wind and solar.

The oil industry is dying and we are destroying the planet and a delicate ecosystem to harvest non-renewable energy. It should stay in the ground and be saved for future generations for an emergency, not to just power grossly oversized vehicles and social media content generation to manipulate people into buying things.

It's important to keep in mind the scale. The US is producing around 15 million barrels of oil per day.

The projects mentioned in the article, combined, would be less than 6 months of the US production.

It's important for the locals in Alaska, but it's not going to change anything globally. Except maybe killing off a few endangered species and damaging the fragile ecosystem. But that's a small price to pay for oil companies' profits.

What a truly amazing coincidence that failed Alaskan projects that can supply energy to Asian "allies" without maritime choke points become profitable again!

Just as the Hormuz double blockade is implemented and extended. The current peace talks are just theater. Expect new "peace talks" every two weeks for years to come.

Putin, Trump and the fracking mafia will be very happy.

Not sure about in Alaska, but in Venezuela oil companies are not in a rush to move in.