Well, as you can see, the state of Alaska approved the pipeline through Valdez in 1999. I know that there was a change in the thinking and that Conoco went along with the change. The fact remains that BP and EXXON admitted in the WSJ article that their financial interests were best served by the longer route.
Yes, Pipeline through Cananda cost less to deliver the product to market. That is in their financial interests, as well as ConocoPhillips and Alaskas. Do you claim we should force them to use a more expensive method to bring Natural Gas to Market?