[The Great RJ]

I remember the environmentalist whackos in the 1970s predicting the Trans Alaska Pipeline would surely turn Alaska into an oil soaked moonscape and decimate the caribou and other wildlife. They assured us that a pipeline could not be built over permafrost, over mountain ranges and earthquake faults and would have failure after failure. 40 years later the pipeline is working as designed and none of the dire predictions of environmental catastrophe have occurred. The XL pipeline is being built over prairie farmland that is geologically stable and is already crisscrossed by pipelines that have operated for decades without problems. The environmental concerns being raised are over blown and with pipelines already in the ground for 50 years operating without problems make those arguments almost ludicrous.

[jazusamo]

You're dead on the mark.

I remember the predictions of doom and gloom from the enviros on the Trans Alaska Pipeline also and all their points have been proven wrong.

Now we have newer and better technology and a proven track record in the lower 48 and they come back with the same doom and gloom, it's time to get the job done.