Sorry, but I don't think it's government's responsibility to provide housing, food, electricity or heating for any except for the institutionalized, or in an emergency, like if there has been a fire. I for one don't plan on leaving Alaska anytime soon, even if oil prices triple. It took me nearly all of my life to get up here, and I'm not about to leave. K-1 kerosene is only $3/gal somewhere? Well, unfortunately it ain't here. The last I checked, about 10 days ago, it was running more than double that, closer to $7/gal. After a flood drowned my furnace a year ago, I bought a freestanding kerosene heater to hold me over until the furnace could be replaced. I quickly figured out that the kero heater, in which I use with the same #1 heating oil as my furnace is more than twice as efficient as the furnace. The 2 gallon tank lasts over 8 hours, and while the heater is on, the furnace thermostat never kicks in. The only rub is that there is more of an oil smell in the house, and I have to light and let the heater warm up outside first. Anticipating the rise in oil prices, I spent lots of time collecting firewood, at the expense of quality hunting and fishing time, and guess what, I'm still ahead financially, because with transportation and other expenses, it costs more fill the freezer today with wild game than for me to buy meat and poultry at Safeway (or especially at the military commissary). Too many people seem all too willing to call for public assistance to make up for their own shortcoming.