With Exxon acting as Secretary of State..and Trump as President..war may be in the cards. Problem is war hurts everyone, costs lives, and creates deficits. Pipelines are vulnerable in wars. And Alaska is way too close to Russia to count on war as being our salvation. Alaska can't afford this pipeline, nor to maintain it properly. The calculations for operation and maintenance are not even factored in yet. The costs of not maintaining gas pipelines and associated risks to life and property are unacceptably high.