I would like that if it worked. Exon, and the other oil companies could easily pay the 36 billion. No use having the government pay it......we can’t afford it.
They're not asking for government investment.
Instead, they're asking that Alaska lower its severance tax so as to encourage private investment.
It's a win-win because, if no investment is made, the severance tax revenues will continue to decline as the existing reservoirs are depleted.