I am sure this Chinese oil pipeline passed all of the requisite Environmental Impact studies.
You know the studies I mean. Those Governmental studies that cost more to make than the actual cost of the pipeline, and mean nothing to anyone except the whacko Environmentalists.
The ones that make sure no threatened frog or turtle will get in the way of the project.
“You know the studies I mean. Those Governmental studies that cost more to make than the actual cost of the pipeline, and mean nothing to anyone except the whacko Environmentalists. The ones that make sure no threatened frog or turtle will get in the way of the project.”
A General Dynamics startup company I worked for only built half of the permitted parking lot to move a $50,000 expense to a later date as they didn’t need the space yet. So, when they went to pave it finally, the city demanded another environmental impact study. It cost $50,000. That was as much as it would have cost to pave the remaining lot under the old permit and study. (This was a former cow pasture in the middle of a huge industrial park.)
This is apparently common. So, fight your accountants when they recommend delaying a project to “save” money.
But mean millions of dollars annually to certain well-placed environmentalists.
Well, I know for a fact that they won’t have to worry about the Burmese python anymore. While the snake is still endangered in its SE Asian homeland, it is eating south Florida out of house and home.
They had to do an impact study on the effect the pipeline will have on the Asian Beetle.