Cover -- Half Tittle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter l. An Economic Analysis of The Trans-Alaska Pipeline -- The Cost of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline -- A Benefit-Cost Analysis -- The Cost of the Alternative Source of Supply -- Additional Cost and Price Data -- Net Benefits, Taxes, and Net Profits -- Qualifying Factors : Some Spillover Effects -- Chapter 2. Some Environmental Considerations -- Physical and Engineering Challenges -- Tundra -- Permafrost -- Construction Methods -- Physiographic Considerations -- Earthquake Dangers -- Tanker Traffic -- Low-Level Contamination of Prince William Sound -- Wildlife Migration -- Outdoor Recreation -- Some All-Overland Alternat ive Routes -- An Environmental Comparison of Alternative Pipeline Routes -- Chapter 3. An Economic Analysis of Alternative Overload Pipeline Routes Through Canada -- The Cost of the Trans-Canadian Pipeline -- Cost Determination -- A Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Foreign Oil as an Alternative Source of Supply -- Domestic versus Foreign Oil as a Source of Supply -- Additional Benefit-Cost Adjustments -- Chapter 4. Some Further Economic and Institutional Comparisons of Alternative Transport Systems -- The Effects of an Edmonton-to-Seattle Alternative -- The Canadian Share of the Daily Throughput of a Trans-Canadian Pipeline -- Equity and Consumer Surplus Considerations for U.S. Consumers ofCrude Oil -- Natural Gas Pipeline Considerations -- Chapter 5. Supply and Demand Imbalances -- District V Market Simulation Model -- Excess Supply and Net Benefits -- Profits and Taxes -- Alternatives to Price Competition for Dealing With Excess Supply -- A New West-to-East Pipeline in the Lower Forty-Eight States -- "Panama" Oil: Some Economic Comparisons