This column has probably received more eyeballs than this ridiculous movie...
Real Clear Energy (6/8/23) column: "The recent release of the environmentalist action film “How to Blow up a Pipeline” is a dangerous shot across the bow for anyone who cares about safe and reliable energy. The film criticizes climate activists’ commitment to pacifism and argues for the adoption of strategic property destruction as a tactic to destroy pipeline infrastructure projects. While some may try to minimize the concerning nature of this film, it appears the goal is to make it seem as if blowing up a pipeline to achieve environmental goals is a moral act, however, it must be made unequivocally clear this language is never acceptable, whether intended to be serious or satire. Pipeline infrastructure ensures the delivery of safe and reliable energy to hundreds of millions of Americans to power their homes and businesses, while supporting essential services such as healthcare and emergency response. As the United States transitions away from coal and toward a new energy future, maintaining the integrity of the pipeline system that transports natural gas to power generation stations will become increasingly important...If Hollywood wants to tell the true story about pipeline protestors, they would be wise to start by referencing events that have actually taken place. Much like their movie counterparts, real life pipeline protestors have engaged in acts of terrorism. But the victims have not been so-called evil energy companies but innocent farmers across the country who have had their crops destroyed, cattle killed and have been subjected to threats and intimidation from pipeline protestors that have prompted some to don bulletproof vests. The only environmental damage from oil and gas leaks, meanwhile, have come not from pipelines but from construction equipment fuel lines that were cut by protestors."
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