tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3967598279167168693..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: My president went to Laos, and all I got was this lousy temporary injunction on building the Dakota Access pipelineSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17871461008370450982016-09-14T12:19:19.010-04:002016-09-14T12:19:19.010-04:00Connecting to the Patoka, IL terminal will allow p...Connecting to the Patoka, IL terminal will allow pumping tar sand up to the Flanagan, IL terminal. Flanagan has been supplied through lines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Flanagan terminal has fed a BP refinery in Gary,IN, and the Conoco Woods River, IL refinery. (Shockingly, Conoco has the biggest reserve of Canadian tar sands, and they just spent millions retrofitting Woods River to process the gunk.) Patoka and Flanagan were just connected by a 24 inch line with the primary owner Enbridge. Recently Enbridge used existing natural gas right of way to build a 36 inch tar sand line from Flanagan to the giant terminal in Cushing, OK. A few folks fought, but since existing right of way, construction flew under the radar. Cushing supplies Gulf Coast refineries with export tanker access. The Flanagan line currently is pumping tar sand under the Missouri River, also the Illinois, Mississippi, and Arkansas Rivers - to name but a few.<br /><br />If you spend some time Googling Enbridge Flanagan, Enbridge Patoka, Enbridge Pipelines, Conoco Woods Mill you can see for youself.<br /><br />IMHO - this is part of the ongoing program to build volume in case Keystone XL is never built. Pretty soon, who needs it?Marthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369769032056391126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-24899510126765422842016-09-14T11:16:50.824-04:002016-09-14T11:16:50.824-04:00This isn't over. Once the Trans-national Partn...This isn't over. Once the Trans-national Partnerships are in place Obama's actions mean nothing.<br /><br />The oil companies, Wall Street and the International Bankers and Insurers are eagerly anticipating the next administration.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-20028586408739023282016-09-14T08:17:50.935-04:002016-09-14T08:17:50.935-04:00Doesn't "light sweet crude" sound ha...Doesn't "light sweet crude" sound harmless, tasty even? Maybe we need better, more accurate names for petroleum products as they come from the ground.<br /><br />Neferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983053827261292393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64268283272437523012016-09-13T23:35:32.240-04:002016-09-13T23:35:32.240-04:00The single most important attribute a President ca...The single most important attribute a President can have is the ability and willingness to learn. (Which, by the way, is one reason I wrote off Sanders early in the process.)Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11812393553950707632016-09-13T23:26:18.550-04:002016-09-13T23:26:18.550-04:00SE Asia is where I have spent a big chunk of my ca...SE Asia is where I have spent a big chunk of my career on environmental management. Obviously, i don't know the questioner but the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak have a lot of indigenous forest peoples (shared with Indonesia's various Kalimantan provinces) as well as West Malaysian immigrants/business elites. Malaysia has a horrible record of rampant deforestation in their eastern states (as well as elsewhere in SE Asia and the Pacific Islands). They are also modest oil producers though I am not aware of any pipeline issues. Suffice it to say, the rights of indigenous peoples (analogous to our Native Americans) is a highly sensitive issue in lots of countries, including SE Asia. US corporations aren't the worst offenders there unless they employ convenient local subcontractors. Forest conversion to vast oil palm plantations is the real crime as it destroys the complexity of the rainforest and impoverishes local populations.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73795376873651735592016-09-13T22:51:19.119-04:002016-09-13T22:51:19.119-04:00Well, there was a little bit of press coverage but...Well, there was a little bit of press coverage but you're right. Editors seem to be unable to juggle two stories at the same time, much less the rich shower of horrifying news that comes at us from all directions. <br /><br />Hillary, cough, e-mail. Trump, wall, yuuuge! The news editors can deal with that. But a complex yarn about a pipeline that goes through ancestral lands that aren't reservation lands, and that might — but hasn't yet — pollute one of the nation's principal waterways while an oblivious Army Corps of Engineers with surprising powers creates its own brand of vandalism...?<br /><br />Well, as Barbie (the doll) once said, "Math is hard."<br /><br />The one consolation I have is that I'm an old geezer, and all this festering fallout from ignorance takes time to explode. By the time America's inattention to news, science, fact, logic, reason, climate change, rising sea levels and such comes to a head, I'll be dead. But send me an e-mail and let my ghost know how it turns out. Assuming, that is, that the aftermath hasn't killed you, too.<br /><br />Yours very crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com