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The same pipeline that the Native Americans protested, some of which are still in prison.
by swampthinker 7y ago
The same pipeline that the Native Americans protested, some of which are still in prison.
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoI believe this is actually a different pipeline (not XL) but this pipeline's issues gave good solid reasons for protesting the other.
- ALittleLight 7y agoDon't you have to factor in the expected oil spill for alternative oil transfer mechanisms to know if this is a good reason or not?
- NullPrefix 7y agoEnergy delivery over wires, if buried underground, mitigates this issue. Deprecating transportation dependency on oil safeguards against these environmentally devastating spills.
- manigandham 7y agoOil is used for a lot more than transportation, even if it was all switched over to electric. The only other viable oil transfer over land is rail or trucking, both of which cost much more, pollute more, and have even higher risks of spills and accidents.
- Retric 7y agoYou don’t need to transport crude oil over these distances. A refinery near the source would significantly reduce the risks associated with these transports.
- manigandham 7y agoRefineries are complex, expensive and considered national energy assets. Oil production happens all over the place and is fed from smaller regions into main trunk lines that lead to major refineries. Also many pipelines do carry refined products, like all the jet fuel that goes to airports and diesel fuel for trucking.
- mrtksn 7y agoWhy they are in prison? I'm not very familiar with the US laws but I thought that you would not get in trouble in the US for this.
- black_puppydog 7y agoThe same way you couldn't end up in prison for campaigning for privacy, animal protection, or any other counter-establishment cause?
- masonic 7y agoWhy they are in prison? None actually are.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoFor destroying infrastructure, interfering with its construction, the use of fire in doing so, illegal possession of a firearm by a felon... It wasn’t all speech and trespassing.
- einpoklum 7y agoThey're in prison for defending their ancestral land and burial grounds from foreign colonist occupiers, which not only have taken it over but are now destroying it and its waterways with leaky oil pipelines.
- masonic 7y agoThe same pipeline that the Native Americans protested, some of which are still in prison. Different pipeline. In a different state altogether, for that matter. And not one Native American XL protestor is in prison. Other than all that, your comment is totally cogent.