Tar Sands Pipeline Rejected!
Jan. 18th, 2012 07:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ericadawn16I know I wasn't supposed to post anything but PIPA & SOPA today but this is important, too.
Obama has rejected the permit for the Tar Sands Pipeline!
You remember that one; the pipeline that would create thousands of TEMPORARY jobs and guarantees an oil spill over sensitive environmental lands in order to ship oil that takes 5-30% more energy to make than normal oil.
Yay, Obama!
Now, let's do more with alternative fuels and energies, like biomass waste. We're fifty years behind because of the oil and car companies.
Obama has rejected the permit for the Tar Sands Pipeline!
You remember that one; the pipeline that would create thousands of TEMPORARY jobs and guarantees an oil spill over sensitive environmental lands in order to ship oil that takes 5-30% more energy to make than normal oil.
Yay, Obama!
Now, let's do more with alternative fuels and energies, like biomass waste. We're fifty years behind because of the oil and car companies.
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Date: 2012-01-21 02:22 am (UTC)Think how often your own home develops leaks.
I can't find the study itself but there are several places online that quote a study: US Federal Office of Pipeline Safety data — 1968-1997. It said the average pipeline suffers one leak per year per 400 miles and I think this sounds right. It could be different in other areas but we're always hearing about gas leaks or oil leaks.