The big problem is not the cold oil but a cheap way to heat it.  Heating at Pump 1 is done by very cheap locally produced natural gas and as it cools along the way once you get past Pump 4 the only way to heat it is by friction or heating by using oil which is costly.  It could be heated cheaply in the Fairbanks area buy using coal fired heat but the greenies would have a fit.  More oil flow would take care of it but likely consistent $70+ oil is needed for that to happen.

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