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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (52650)	7/30/2009 6:44:36 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 217910

>>Alaska is a bit like Saudi Arabia = somewhere that in the absence of oil would be heavily depopulated.<< According to a recent economic report, Alaska's population would be about half the current level if we hadn't struck oil at Prudhoe Bay back in the 1960s. Alaska's population density is already way lower than Saudi Arabia's... Alaska: 1.03/sq mi (0.4/km²) Saudi Arabia: 29/sq mi (11/km²) FYI, here's where the new undersea fiber optic cable comes ashore, about three miles down the road from my place...