The left's war on energy makes energy security impossible. Who could have predicted that?
FEE (5/12/21) column: "Vickie Phillips received an unpleasant surprise when she stopped in for a fill-up at the Pop Shoppe in Greensboro, North Carolina on Monday. There was no fuel. 'I can’t believe that we’re here and can’t even get gas,' Phillips told a local TV station...There’s no question that the Colonial Pipeline is a key piece of infrastructure. Analysts have described the pipeline as one of the most vital energy arteries in the country, one capable of carrying up to 3 million barrels of fuel—gasoline, diesel and jet fuel—per day to the East Coast...This invites an important question: how was a single cyberattack able to derail an entire region of the most prosperous country in the world, disrupting the lives of millions of Americans? One answer is that we simply don’t have enough oil pipelines. The Colonial Pipeline provides nearly half—45 percent—of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. As other astute commentators have noted, 'one pipeline network shouldn't be serving half of the East Coast's fuel needs.' The reality is regulatory hurdles have made it all but impossible to build new pipelines, which has placed a great deal of pressure on existing energy infrastructure. And it’s getting worse. Indeed, politicians are now actively scrapping pipelines that are instrumental to meeting future energy needs."
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"As countries develop they tend to pollute more to get out of poverty, but as they grow rich they are able to afford to have even cleaner air than they did before development. In fact, the above data shows there is less air pollution in London today than in 1700."
– Peter Jacobsen,
Foundation for Economic Education
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