Maybe the folks who are gunning for the KM pipeline with such enthusiasm might consider that the rest of the world is rapidly embarking on a transition to renewables, and that since there are really very few practical barriers to this conversion (costs of renewable generation and storage are plummeting), the pipeline is likely to quickly become a very expensive conduit to one of the largest fields of stranded assets in the world (supporting it with tax dollars as we do now will only get you so far, after all)

I guess that would be a tourist attraction of sorts.... ;-)  People can visit it on their way to the coast to see the Orcas.