It's a gas
The Port of Astoria is going to lease out some land near Warrenton, where the Skipanon River meets the mighty Columbia, for a liquefied natural gas terminal. Construction is said to promise employment for 500 people, and there would be 75 jobs at the plant once it opens.
The lease is for a big fat $38,400 a year, for acreage right on the Columbia. (Zoom out one on the Mapquest map to see the confluence of the two rivers.) That's $3200 a month. And the gas company, out of California, wants two 30-year renewal options, for a 65-year deal overall.
I suspect this project will spark lots of controversy before it gets all the necessary approvals. Jobs vs. tourism and the environment, Round 2,836,794.
I can't imagine that a liquefied gas terminal and accompanying pipelines are going to look too purty. Then again, there are several un-purty thangs about the waterfront down there that once upon a time put food on the tables of a lot of folks.
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Comments (2)
Nothing is perfect. I don't like to be cold, I heat my house. Which will it be, gas or electricity. Big plant with lots of tanks and pipes pulling resources from the Earth, or a bis a$$ dam in the way of our fish?
I like to live in a house. Brick is awfully expensive and you still have to have a great deal of wood. What is it, timber land or a house that I can afford?
There is always a middle ground. You just can't listen or be a part of the extremes on either side, or you just would go crazy.
Posted by Jimmy_Z | November 9, 2004 8:10 AM
weel criminy i hope that isn't our possible Jordan Cove facility that was perhaps just yanked out from under us. No mention of the planned CB facility in the articles i've read. I mean, it seems they usually do something like "thing happening in some place in oregon. Similar thing is being considered in this other place in oregon". I just thought that was weird.
Heh. All that brouha over the stupid NG pipeline from Roseburg to Coos Bay and we lose our possible storage facility to Astoria. Wouldn't that be a scream.
Posted by pril | November 9, 2004 11:41 PM