Hey Lead Thrower,

Ya walked right into that, couldnt help my self in pointing that out.

You stated that lead doesnt do much harm to the environement? Well, maybe not your chunk on the end of your line.
Have you ever witnessed something dying from lead poisoning? This past winter I helped with some Swan banding/colloring and witnessed many poisened birds. The LD/50 (leathal doze) of lead vs. crude.... Lead wins!

Have you ever been to the ANWR ? I have been up close to it, at pump station #1 on the pipeline. That was 10 years ago and there were many safeguards in place at that time. Then we had a very strong environmental adminstration in office, so I bet those safegaurds are ten times more that they were then 10 years ago.