The cost is to care. I'll be taking questions later, but just let me say this to you. If the cost of protecting the commons of the North Pacific is to care, we have to thank you for caring. A commons without care is a disaster. I want to give you a glimpse for what I see for the new century that has just begun.
Poverty still plagues nearly one third of the human race.
The gap between the wealthy nations is growing wider. Most of the nations at the bottom of the economic ladder do not have the technology or the electrical capacity to log into the global economy. They are being left out. Environmental problems, energy shortages and need for fresh water are three of the biggest dragons this generation must conquer. We have more to do, but if the Alaska solution is adopted elsewhere, there is no reason for poverty in this world.