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Biden Shutting Down Pipeline That Supplies Energy To Midwest

The Biden administration is reviewing the possible ramifications of shutting down a key pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas from Canada to Michigan.

“We have a state in Michigan that uses the most residential propane in the nation,” said Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “And yet, we’re seriously considering shutting down this pipeline and giving these people not even two or three months notice, just basically saying, ‘well, sorry, you’re gonna be on your own.’”

Line 5 carries about 540,000 barrels of oil and gas per day from Canada to Michigan, which relies on the pipeline for most of its propane needs, according to its operator Enbridge.

The Biden administration is reviewing the possible ramifications of shutting down a key pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas from Canada into the Midwest.

So now the question is;

Is it worse to abandon citizens in a foreign country - left to be hunted down and killed,

OR

Needlessly remove a key resource from citizens at home so they can freeze to death at home?
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@QuixoticSoul I stand corrected. But the administration is weighing its its options. And with that said, It would not surprise me if he (administration) did.
Any truth to reports the administration wants Russia and OPEC to increase oil production? The article I just read said that is true. Not spazzing there.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@soar2newhighs Yes, we’d like those folks to bring worldwide oil prices down a little. They’re big exporters, so we go to them whenever things are a little wonky. In 2017 Trump asked them to pump more because prices were too high. In 2020 Trump asked them to pump less because prices were too low. This year Biden asked them to pump more again. The usual diplomacy in this arena.

We have our own interests, of course, being a major producer ourselves, albeit with high extraction costs. Prices too high hurts our overall economy - prices too low wrecks our oil industry. It’s a delicate dance.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul
We have our own interests, of course,

If only one of them were the best interests of America!
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick Hush Bud, adults are talking.