Yes, I know we need oil and natural gas and the pipeline from Canada offers us the most economical means of getting it.

I also know that we will run out of oil eventually, and I can understand why so many people are reluctant to facilitate the burning of yet another vast store of it.

But whether we get that Canadian fuel pipeline or not, there's another pipeline that we really need to build. In fact, it's long overdue.

I'm speaking of the pipeline from Lake Michigan to the Colorado River near Moab, Utah.

Not an oil pipeline. Not a gas pipeline. It needs to carry water.