When the Alaska Pipeline was proposed, there were many naysayers. I was skeptical myself, but the engineering has proven itself so far. The cries of the destruction of the wildlife habitat turned out to be wrong. In fact, I understand some species have benefited from it. Now with the ?leak? on the pipeline at the Yellowstone, I await the outcome of that investigation. The engineering does not bother me as much as the fact that these endeavors are a target for the extreme environmental whackos. This becomes a situation where someone or a group of someones tries to prove a point by being the catalyst that proves it. I believe right now the proponents and opponents have based their positions on economic details rather than environmental ones and are using the environment to prove their correctness on the matter.
Clint
in far west Kentucky