The Balance Between Personal and Public Use of Land

With a rapid increase in the world's population comes a vast increase of necessity as well. The demand for utilities such as water, electricity and gas, among others, keeps rising day by day and such needs require for the expanding of current available technology. Unfortunately, the companies that provide such utilities do require space to meet the needs of its customers, and sometimes these companies attempt to find the cheapest alternatives to do so. Reading the two articles on this issue I found myself supporting the side of those private landowners, whose land means more to them than to giant corporations seeking to use it. I believe that companies should not be able to forcefully expand pipelines under the land of private landowners because it is ethically wrong. I think that companies should find alternative routes that use public land rather than private ones. In the case that it cannot be done, companies should try their best to financially compensate families for the land that they use, and not only so, but make the pipelines as safe as they can to the best of their abilities. The companies should try to cause as small of a disturbance as possible when doing so, provide proper maintenance, and provide financial compensation in case of accidents.