Posted on 05/14/2021 5:38:58 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A company that owns several refineries in the eastern United States broke down the economic catastrophe that would unfold if Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) successfully kills a crude oil pipeline that has been in operation for over 50 years.
Whitmer has ordered Enbridge to cease operating Line 5 by May 12, a pipeline that runs from Canada through Michigan. The company refused to comply with Whitmer’s demand. She has threatened to seize the company’s profits and claimed the pipeline is now “trespassing” on state property in the Straits of Mackinac.
Energy, told Breitbart News the fallout from Whitmer’s attempt to end Line 5 would be “Colonial on steroids,” the pipeline recently knocked off line by hackers, sparking gas shortages along the eastern seaboard.
“It would be devastating for the region,” Williams said. The volume of crude oil that moves through Line 5, he said, is “the equivalent of 40 percent of the crude capacity of regional refiners. That’s not going to come from anywhere else.”
Williams said the crude is shipped from Canada to one of PBF Energy’s refineries in Toledo, Ohio, and then provides gasoline, diesel, and propane to significant portions of the Great Lakes region.
According to Williams, the Toledo area refineries alone supply:
30 percent of Ohio’s gasoline, 42 percent of southeastern Michigan’s gasoline, 35 percent of Ohio’s diesel, 14 percent of southeastern Michigan’s diesel, and 100 percent of Detroit Metro airport jet fuel. “If folks think that the gas lines and the pictures they saw from Colonial were bad, you’ll have that on steroids with the shut down of Line 5,” he said.
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Liberals have a need to kill people
WHitler has zero authority to do this
Within the borders of her state, she can do what she wants.
Does this crazy woman have an idea who she is trying to do? Or does she jusyt no care?
My “Governor” is SUPEREVIL
On the plus side, it will certainly hurt Trueshit, because that pipeline carries oil into Ontario and Quebec.
Democrats don’t care. She has obviously set herself up to make out like a bandit somewhere, as long as she serves her purpose here.
There are legal contracts en force for that pipeline
She has zero authority to ignore them
She is not the judicial branch
The Shiney Face B*tch is on one hell of a Power Trip.
I wonder what it will take to make Canadians to demand a change from their current despot who probably was elected in a scam election as well?
Too bad it’s not possible to get within a half-mile of Witchmer.
According to most states real estate laws they own it all and us subjects are only tolerated as long as we pay.
Not if it interferes with an international treaty ratified by the US Senate...
She has no authority...
As long as she pays them out their kisses, I think she can.
It just hurts everybody, but she don’t care about that.
IMHO, she’s squeezing Enbridge for money. That’s how these people work. Notice Michigan Republicans haven’t done anything about this either.
I read the whole article. No given reason why. Usually when a human does something, there is a reason.
Journalism is dead.
I believe one of the “legal contracts” in force right now is a lease agreement where the State of Michigan is one of the parties of the contract.
See she knows it hurts everyone.
Thats the total point of her doing this.
She is a gdm tyrant.
She wants a fuel catastrophe in the midwest. She knows it will not just affect fuel, but transportation and groceries and shipping of goods.
This is why she needs to be removed, and sued left and right. And her ag sued and removed.
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