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people are incentivized to do the most profitable thing they could that pushes up to the legal edge.

Pipelines running across the mountains forests might look unsightly, but if they help utilize existing resources more efficiently, they should be allowed. Otherwise, wastage is even worse than the pipeline's costs.

The option where the oil remains unextracted in the ground won't/can't exist, no matter how much these people who refuse pipelines want.



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