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.