This is a risk versus reward affair.
I am not an Alaskan, so what does it matter what I think?
Hell, I am not even a Representative from Oklahoma.
I will say this, though... there is plenty of copper in the desert wastelands of Arizona. Plus, I have little doubt the refined copper from Pebble Mine would just go right to China for their warmachine... and in return we get shipping containers of plastic fake dog turds to sell to the unwashed American masses at Wal*Mart.
Copper is fungible. China will get their copper. China uses more copper than we do because they have an economy that is not strangled by regulations. USA doesn’t need as much because we don’t grow. We choke on ourselves and waste trillions on dog parks that nobody uses. I think i should go learn manderan so i can speak with my new masters.