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Minnesota Deals New Blow To Enbridge Pipeline Project
Oilprice.com ^ | 12-09-2017 | Irina

Posted on 09/12/2017 8:59:57 AM PDT by bananaman22

Minnesota’s Department of Commerce dealt a blow to Canadian pipeline-maker Enbridge with a report that said the replacement of the Line 3 pipe that runs through the state is unnecessary, as is the pipe itself.

Line 3 brings in crude from Canada to a terminal in Wisconsin and passes through northern Minnesota. Enbridge plans to replace the pipeline, which was built in the 1960s, with a new, extended one. This will cost some US$6.5 billion, but environmentalists and the state government believe it will threaten water resources in the area.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: minnesota; pipeline; protestors

1 posted on 09/12/2017 8:59:57 AM PDT by bananaman22
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To: bananaman22

Funny how a state with a very cold climate 1/3 of the year & some fairly long driving distances thinks it can live without oil products.


2 posted on 09/12/2017 9:05:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: bananaman22

And then they will complain when there is a problem with it claiming it wasn’t maintained like it should have been. Idiots.


3 posted on 09/12/2017 9:07:10 AM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: bananaman22
The Department of Commerce also believes that the current six-pipeline system that Enbridge runs in Minnesota is enough to accommodate the crude that the state needs over the long term, in light of estimates that show the demand for gasoline and other fuels is unlikely to increase, the department said, adding that local refiners operated near full capacity in any case.

The idiots want another DAPL "protest".

1. If you do not upgrade the pipes, the only way to increase capacity is to increase pressure through the older existing pipes. This can only increase those exact risks you pretend to care about.
2. Your "estimates" saying that demand for gas and fuel is unlikely are WRONG. The incoming illegals, and refugees WILL want and need gas and home heating.
3. Just because existing refiners may be near capacity, does not mean that they cannot increase capacity, nor that more refineries cannot be built, nor that the fuels could not be transported elsewhere further down the line.

4 posted on 09/12/2017 9:07:34 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: bananaman22
but environmentalists and the state government believe it will threaten water resources in the area.

No they don't.

What they want to do is shut-down reliance on fossil fuels.

Never believe what a Leftist has to say. They always lie.
5 posted on 09/12/2017 9:09:24 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie
but environmentalists and the state government believe it will threaten water resources in the area.

There are just over 2 MILLION MILES of petroleum pipelines in the continental US, and our water has been just fine for many decades. How in tarnation does the water supply face a greater risk from newer pipes with better materials and better welding techniques than from pipes that were installed in the 1930s?!?!?

6 posted on 09/12/2017 9:13:10 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317

The only real threat to the US water supply was caused in the late ‘70s, when the EPA approved the use of MBTE, an additive to gasoline in order to cut down on lead in the fuel.

It took 30 years to discover that the ground water, particularly in heavily populated areas, had become polluted with this carcinogen, and in 2005, it was discontinued. So the biggest polluter of water in our history was the US government, with more enthusiasm than knowledge, threatening the most precious element on Earth, pure water. Who knows what the death toll has been from this disastrous mistake.


7 posted on 09/12/2017 9:34:42 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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To: Teacher317
How in tarnation does the water supply face a greater risk from newer pipes with better materials and better welding techniques than from pipes that were installed in the 1930s?!?!?

It doesn't!

This is the Marxist "Environmental" agenda at work.
8 posted on 09/12/2017 9:42:26 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: bananaman22

The line is over 50 years old which is a long time. Maybe they ought to just bypass Minnesota and cut them out of all that money.


9 posted on 09/12/2017 10:53:09 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: bananaman22

If it isn’t moved by pipeline it will be transported by rail. Rail is a much riskier mode of transport.


10 posted on 09/12/2017 10:58:30 AM PDT by toast
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“Maybe they ought to just bypass Minnesota and cut them out of all that money.”

It wouldn’t matter to Minnesota. Virtue signaling is a big part of the culture there, even at the state government.


11 posted on 09/12/2017 11:13:45 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: bananaman22

Then let them heat and cook with dried cow pies. Idiots!


12 posted on 09/12/2017 11:36:21 AM PDT by beelzepug (H,MN! WIAM? DMS!)
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To: bananaman22

Minnesota Deals New Blow To Enbridge Pipeline Project

Present it as benefiting the Somali’s and they will pass it immediately.


13 posted on 09/12/2017 11:40:15 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Just watching the demise of America.)
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