We already import vast quantities of crude oil by tanker ships into WA via Anacortes and Cherry Point. And we assume an increasing risk to Puget Sound in doing so. (Anybody remember reading "Super Spill" in the 70s?) Sending oil to WA ports to export is just plain bass-ackwards from a national strategic resource interest point of view. But that won't stop corporations from doing it if they can make a buck.

The purpose of business is the transfer of money. Risks to natural resources, people, quality of life, and even life itself, are irrelevant. Which is precisely why government regulation is not only desirable, but imperative.

Sg