The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, But It Was Shutdown To Make Sure Its Owner Could Still Get Paid

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2. What a sad excuse for deliberately throwing people into a panic,

causing a run on gas, and affecting people's lives that dramatically because of billing concerns. Heavy punitive fines should be levied for such behavior. A fuel source this large is part of the national infrastructure and, to a degree, a national security concern.

the billing system is central to the unfettered operation of the pipeline

What utter tripe. There was no backup system in place? No way to meter output and worry about the billing matchup later? Pft. Money ruled all here. Fine. Teach Colonial Pipeline Co. that if they don't want to risk losing great gobs of it, they will put emergency systems and strategies in place so that they never voluntarily and willfully disrupt the energy source of a large swath of the nation ever again.