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I'm a fan of pipeline shutdowns personally
by breakyerself 5y ago
I'm a fan of pipeline shutdowns personally
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agounderrated comment. especially this company which was in the news for a major spill not so long ago.
- kingsuper20 5y agoI've always wondered about that theory. Is the point to move liquid shipments to trucks/ships because it's safer somehow? or simply to make it so difficult to transport liquid fuels that people quit using them? I suspect that pipeline activism mostly results in the former.
- breakyerself 5y agoConstrained supply or higher cost of transportation = higher prices = incentive to consume less. I'd prefer to see this dynamic produced by carbon taxes so the price difference isn't going back to the fossil fuel companies, but I'll take what I can get. Also installation of new fossil fuel infrastructure like pipelines implies a long term commitment to the status quo or even increased production which I find unacceptable. If the neccessary changes were underway there would be zero demand for new pipelines.
- kube-system 5y agoAssuming the pipeline shutdown doesn't result in even more dangerous transportation alternatives being used instead.