and that is a country with a lot of issues. the fist fight over fears of a war with moscow. plus a dumb move targeting smart cars. the urban version of cow tipping. look at that. that wasn t nice. that wasn t nice. when folks in the lower 48 think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. thousands of people here in alaska are working to safely produce more energy. but that s just the start. to produce more from existing wells, we need advanced technology. that means hi-tech jobs in california and colorado. the oil moves through one of the world s largest pipelines. maintaining it means manufacturing jobs in the midwest.