healthmyths
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Keystone XL was an extension of an already pipeline and as such it would be as the experts have said safer than sendingWell no damn shit they disagree. They want more leases on the cheap. They want to continue to sell their gas and their diesel to the highest bidder, who cares if it is Brazil, drug gangs in Mexico, or to fuel Putin's tanks. They want a direct pipeline to Canada's sludge in order to process it here, in a duty free zone, and externalize the environmental cost to the surrounding communities while shipping the diesel off to some foreign country. No damn shit they disagree, the sad part--they just might get away with it thanks to uninformed knuckleheads like you.
1 million barrels 1 mile on the open ocean. Which is environmentally more dangerous 1 million barrels on the open ocean traveling 1 mile OR 700 barrels traveling 1 mile in a pipeline on DRY land?
FACTS:
Biden's cancelled 1,700 miles of pipeline that is joining 195,000 miles of pipeline that carry and spill 5,000 barrels per year.
Here's how much oil has spilled from US pipelines since 2010
Nearly 9 million gallons of crude oil spilled from the 70,000 miles of pipelines crisscrossing the United States since 2010.
www.businessinsider.com
David Valentine, Professor of Earth Science and Biology at UCSB, says it is better to have soil spills than ocean spills:
“In general, spills to soil are more contained than spills to water, and thus cleanup is more straightforward.
Damage is often lesser for soil spills. For this reason an aquatic spill (including marine) tends to be more harmful than a spill to soil.”
Linda Krop, Chief Counsel at the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) in Santa Barbara, California, agrees. “Spills in soils cause less damage and are easier to clean up effectively.” She adds that pipelines are unlike other modes of oil transportation because they can have safety features that make large leaks preventable:"
Is it easier to clean up soil spills than ocean spills?
You asked, “Wouldn’t it be better to have oil spill soak into the soil rather than drain into the sea?” We got the answers.
www.kcrw.com
AGAIN these are the FACTS...not guesses...experts...not me!