Go ahead and pump the state dry and be done with it and go. Has oil really helped the state or made a mess of it. When Alaska became a state it had some great opportunities to become an example of a place that people could make a honest living, enjoy the beauties of nature and share the wild life. Unfortunately before it get it's feet on the ground oil was discovered and a total shambles has evolved.
Is the state and not just "are we" better off with the debt, crime, corruption, homeless, wildlife exploitation, mistrust for our elected people, exploitation of the resources, minerals, fishing, tourism and the list goes on. You can't go back in time but when you look at the outside opportunists that look at Alaska with just dollar signs in their eyes and no consideration for what it once was and could have been it's sad.