‘A Dying Community’: An Energy Crisis Worsened by the War Strains Alaska - The New York Times
‘A Dying Community’: An Energy Crisis Worsened by the War Strains Alaska - The New York Times
Source: The New York Times
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Alaska's remoteness always made energy expensive. A 122-day blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that has stranded 2,000 ships and cut global oil supply by 4.3 million barrels per day — while WTI sits 27% below yearly highs — means "expensive" has become "unaffordable." Communities dependent on diesel for heat and power now face arithmetic they cannot solve.