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But aren't you still doing that today? I believe that somewhere in your country, someone wants a big pipe on some land, but the people living there don't want it, yet they force it anyway.


It's not actually going on land they own, but near it. The argument is that it's an environmental risk to their land, not that in infringes their property rights.


That "someone" is really every American who enjoys cheap energy and, by extension, cheap food, transportation, etc. whether they know it or not.


Don't generalize. I'd much rather gas prices stay high and the environment not get spoiled so alternative energy sources can compete fairly.

Besides there cost / benefit of the pipeline only really makes sense to those who profit from it directly.


Well, we do have, as most modern countries do, a system for the taking of private property for public use. But that's not even what's happening here, as no property is being taken.




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