Or so claims Charles Pierce from his eyrie at Vogue err...Esquire... in today's article on the XL pipeline.The Fix is In.
We are, of course, talking of the fabled XL Pipeline which is crossing Canada into the United States and will end up spewing its garbage in Texas for sale to China and other oil hungry nations. One wonders why this sounds like a good idea to those who support it. I mean what could possibly go wrong? Well, I'm no expert but pipelines have a history of breaking in the oddest places, at the oddest times. And when they carry things like tar sands and oil the results get ugly fast. This past week was such an example for those who believe in Murphy's Law. And here is the response from one of the leaders involved in this stupid taunting of Mother Nature
Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said on Sunday that crews had yet to excavate the area around the pipeline breach, a needed step before the company can estimate how long repairs will take and when the line might restart. "I can't speculate on when it will happen," Jeffers said. "Excavation is necessary as part of an investigation to determine the cause of the incident." What we all know, and Pierce, points out that oil companies lie, they lie about jobs, they lie about safety, they lie everytime they open their mouths about this hideous project. But they do it under color of delivering an essential product with jobs the carrot in this whole fevered dream.