Posted on 01/14/2023 11:22:59 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
An ageing pipeline crossing part of the Great Lakes has led to a standoff between the US state of Michigan and Canada. The outcome of the battle over Line 5, which delivers energy to the US Midwest and central Canada, will be viewed by many as a bellwether of how North America will balance its energy future with its environmental commitments.
The most contentious part of the Line 5 pipeline - which runs from Superior, Wisconsin, by way of Michigan to Sarnia, Canada - sits on the bed of the Straits of Mackinac. The narrow waterway connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron - two of the world's largest lakes.
In 2018, an anchor from a shipping freighter passing through the Straits struck and damaged the pipe, bringing to the fore longstanding concerns from environmental campaigners and others over possible spills.
Then-Michigan Governor Rick Snyder made an agreement with Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge to protect the pipeline from further damage and keep it operational. Enbridge, one of the world's largest pipeline firms, would build a $500m (£411m) tunnel bored through rock below the lakebed in the Straits, to enclose Line 5.
The agreement was meant to end uncertainty about the controversial 69-year-old oil and natural gas pipeline's safety.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Enbridge engineers have proposed boring a hard rock tunnel under the Strait to enclose new pipelines, completely obviating all the objections raised about the existing lines. But a bunch of political ignoramuses want to stop THAT.
There’s a thin veneer of hyper-competent professionals who keep the lights on, homes warm, and transport systems rolling. Over-ride them with incompetent political policies and the lights go out, people freeze, and supermarket shelves go empty. But for Michigan Democrats, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Interesting, thanks for the information.
Democrats want misery and suffering for all. I was approached at home in 2016 by a left wing pajama boy trying to get my signature on a petition to close the pipeline. I ran him off. These poeple are useful idiots.
Gives new meaning to “popsicle toes” 🤣
FYI, Gretchen Whitmer is part of the globalist (communist) death cult World Economic Forum. Not hyperbole, look it up.
Just call in Elon Musk and his Boring Company to do the work.
Meet Prufrock Prufrock is designed to construct mega-infrastructure projects in a matter of weeks instead of years Prufrock is designed to tunnel at a speed of 1 mile per week, which is 6 times faster than The Boring Company’s previous generation TBM (Godot-Plus). This is still 4-5 times slower than a garden snail...but Prufrock is catching up!
The Gaia worshipers are doing all they can to destroy our infrastructure and drag us back to the pre industrial world.
It doesn’t serve Michiganders.
The waters are also of spiritual importance for the tribes, who argue they are protected by their constitutional treaty rights.
Me too. I love the Straits. Out on a boat on the Straits is my favorite place in the world.
I suppose letting them finish their work is best.
I wish their pipeline had left us alone however.
Should be retitled. “Why a Rat Governor and her Lesbian AG are trying to cut off energy to Michiganders””
Enbridge sucks. Canadian losers who have made numerous large mistakes and had a few near misses.
I am on the fence on this one.
https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/enbridge_safety_record
NO.
It simply crosses the straits. It is for Canadians, not us.
Well said. Very well said.
Amazing how no one seems to have read this before commenting.
Where are you getting your information? You are totally wrong. It supplies most of the propane in Northern Lower Michigan. With out the pipeline the Detroit airport will shut down. It is a vital line to the energy needs of Michigan. It supplies a large amount of the energy needs of Michigan.
This is just another attack by the Idiot green people on the energy that keeps us at a sustainable life style.
that’s why the Gov will shut it down, no blow back.
I don’t need any dirty pipelines or farms.
I get my gas at a local gas station and my food at a local grocery store .
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