This photo shows one the last undeveloped beachfront lots in Tierra Del Mar, Oregon.

A proposal to the land use bureaucracy seeks to mow down the shore pines and install a horizontal drilling site to drill a small tunnel out into the ocean. Then a new trans-Pacific cable would be inserted going from this location all the way to Japan. The owner of the new trans-Pacific cable? Facebook. Cuz - we just hafta have more selfies n' stuff.