Posted on 11/08/2021 11:05:57 AM PST by bitt
Millions of Americans could face even higher energy bills this winter if the Biden administration closes a gas and oil pipeline running through Michigan, a group of Midwest lawmakers have warned.
Line 5 pipeline could be under threat due to the White House exploring the potential impact on fuel prices in the region, according to a recent Politico report, amid a drive to reduce the U.S.'s dependence on fossil fuels.
The line, which delivers Canadian crude oil and natural gas from Alberta to Ontario through Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and Michigan, has operated since 1953 and currently transports about 540,000 barrels per day.
In a letter to Biden dated November 4, Ohio General Assembly Bob Latta and 12 other lawmakers urged the president to keep the line running as closing it would only further encourage rising energy bills.
"As we enter the winter months and temperatures drop across the Midwest, the termination of Line 5 will undoubtedly further exacerbate shortages and price increases in home heating fuels like natural gas and propane, at a time when Americans are already facing rapidly rising energy prices, steep home heating costs, global supply shortages, and skyrocketing gas prices," Latta wrote.
Line 5 has come under fire from Michigan's Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer in recent years; however, the issue moved up the White House's agenda after Canada's decision to invoke the 1977 Pipeline Transit treaty a month ago to ensure the line's continued operation, according to Politico.
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Hmmm So who gets affected most by the rising cost of heating during the winter? Oh, yeah, that would be the elderly already living at or below the poverty line. Let’s keep killin’ those old folks, Joe!
Good. I just talked to a Dem relative last night. They are not hurting enough. They still have faith in poopy pants.
The pain has to be real, and so severe it can’t be avoided, nor blamed on anyone but the poopy man.
Taking this Country down, one decision at a time!
Their plan is working. Make people dependent on the gov’t!!
Where the hell does Biden get the authority to “shut down” pipelines?
What gives him the authority to shut it down?
Does FedGov own it?
shut it down?
Not if Granholm, the Canadian born Sec’y of Energy has anything to say about it.
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He is doing everything to create civil disobedience so he can invoke martial law. That’s my take on all of this nonsense.
“Good. I just talked to a Dem relative last night. They are not hurting enough. They still have faith in poopy pants.
The pain has to be real, and so severe it can’t be avoided, nor blamed on anyone but the poopy man.”
It won’t matter, they’ll blame Orange Man Bad. They will never change, no matter what evidence you give them.
Why do I have to live under rules your ass-hat relatives and other like minded stooges vote for? I am not their slave.
National Divorce is the answer.
No Civil War - just Civil Separation.
Choose Freedom. Choose Peace.
Bingo
I think you are correct!
Only someone very dangerous or a absolute moron would do this.
This is not stupidity.
It is MALICE.
This is not incompetence.
It is MALFEASANCE.
We are occupied by a hostile tyranny intent on destroying the middle class, giving the criminal class license, and further enriching and empowering the global elite.
And an armed revolt would only give them the excuse they need to bring to bear all the ferocity of their global cabal military against the once sovereign citizenry of the United States.
Expect their “rules of engagement” to be virtually nonexistent when murdering the country’s middle class.
Don’t think he is capable of thinking on that level to be honest, just reading what 20-something poli-sci grads put in front of him. Just like the 450K which he was against before he was for it. Brandon has the intellect of a turnip.
Gas prices have been surging since Biden shut down the Alaska pipeline, and drilling. I live in central New York State, and as of yesterday, regular 87 octane gas was $3.58 a gallon. I know that gas is even higher in other States. It’s ludicrous.
I think he is stupid/gullibe enough to go along with whatever his masters tell him and he will be more than happy to recite the words to our fellow citizens.
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