All this enormous amount of coal is concentrated on a small section of the Arctic coast:
![](https://i.ibb.co/TrFrwNr/Coal.jpg)
Ice conditions for sea transportation of this coal are improving every year:
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0qtwWCU8AALd9A.png)
In addition, oil reserves in Alaska are rapidly depleted:
![](https://www.naturalgasintel.com/ext/resources/Shale-Daily/SD4Q2019/Monthly-Alaska-Field-Production-of-Crude-Oil-20191021.png?1571688642)
All this suggests that the inhabitants of Alaska are very tempted to become the new coal OPEC and turn Barrow into a new coal Dubai:
![](https://imagevars.gulfnews.com/2019/07/23/Timberwolf_16c1de35555_base.jpg)
In general, I wonder which way the inhabitants of Alaska will choose green energy (hydroelectric power plants, geothermal heat, wind power plants) or a path of fabulous enrichment due to the worldwide export of coal by sea?