Some people believe it's time to develop a pipeline that will carry natural gas found in Alaska's north to the lower 48 states.
Exploration and development are surging, and state and industry leaders are confidently promoting plans for a project that would dwarf all current Alaskan undertakings: a $10 billion pipeline to carry natural gas in Alaska's north to the lower 48 states, an undertaking that could spark a boom akin to the one following construction of the oil pipeline.