I know a land surveyor who has worked on pipelines like this. He said almost every pipeline has protests, and in the end, even if they have to adjust the course of the pipe a bit, the pipeline always wins.
Enbridge built a pipeline through Wisconsin that dwarfed Keystone XL by 30% capacity. So while my Facebook was abuzz with ignorance over the victory against Keystone, the Enbridge pipeline was finishing it's last bits of construction on a pipeline insured for less than the cost of cleaning up anything but the smallest spill.
All they need is someone gutsy enough to steal the keys for some machinery and then let loose the destructive power of deisel powered pnuematics against the construction that's been completed.
One person with a bulldozer can wrack up millions in damage pretty quickly. Twenty people with bulldozer could cause ultimate chaos.
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whisky_cat ago
I know a land surveyor who has worked on pipelines like this. He said almost every pipeline has protests, and in the end, even if they have to adjust the course of the pipe a bit, the pipeline always wins.
Dysnomia ago
Enbridge built a pipeline through Wisconsin that dwarfed Keystone XL by 30% capacity. So while my Facebook was abuzz with ignorance over the victory against Keystone, the Enbridge pipeline was finishing it's last bits of construction on a pipeline insured for less than the cost of cleaning up anything but the smallest spill.
All they need is someone gutsy enough to steal the keys for some machinery and then let loose the destructive power of deisel powered pnuematics against the construction that's been completed.
One person with a bulldozer can wrack up millions in damage pretty quickly. Twenty people with bulldozer could cause ultimate chaos.