There is a debate about whether or not people should come into Alaska and mine the land for the resources located below the ground. The situation is not so simple, however, much lies at stake. The relevance this has to economics is not only in the money that could be made from mining the land, but the job opportunities it would produce. Mining is important, but is it more important than nature itself? I for one believe that they should not come in and extensively drill the land for the extraction of the resources. If they build the huge mining site they so plan to do, it would destroy the entire ecosystem. Pollution would build up and intoxicate the air and water, causing a lot of damage. As it was described in the video, salmon are
