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Tue Aug 18, 2015, 03:35 PM

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The New Mass Extinction: There�s A Pipeline Ready To Burst Under The Great Lakes [View all] KamaAina Aug 2015 OP

Humans Faux pas Aug 2015 #1

It's all going to cave in, eventually, everything. Frankly, humans are so F'en stupid. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #2

We are too stupid to survive. nt ladjf Aug 2015 #5

Agreed. CrispyQ Aug 2015 #6

++ THIS reflects something I've thought forever. n/t DirkGently Aug 2015 #34

Thanks Thespian2 Aug 2015 #84

Nailed it. ctsnowman Aug 2015 #128

But once we kill ourselves off the planet will eventually heal itself. totodeinhere Aug 2015 #97

These folks would be perfect: BeanMusical Aug 2015 #142

Too greedy... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Aug 2015 #102

Good point. What we haven't ladjf Aug 2015 #115

I don't understand why Faux pas Aug 2015 #22

Objective thinking immediately reveals probable outcomes. ladjf Aug 2015 #116

This goes hand in hand Faux pas Aug 2015 #134

Definitely. But, the change from subjective thinking to ladjf Aug 2015 #135

Sounds like Faux pas Aug 2015 #136

I wouldn't say that an overuse of subjective deduction rises ladjf Aug 2015 #137

Thanks for responding... Faux pas Aug 2015 #144

My grandfater lived on the Redcliff Reservation on the Great Lakes. artislife Aug 2015 #111

Imagine what it will be like in another 50 years given the present course. It's frightening, RKP5637 Aug 2015 #132

Yep, we're the best argument there is against the theory of "intelligent design." mountain grammy Aug 2015 #31

I know huh? Faux pas Aug 2015 #35

Yeah we are - a loathsome species. PatrickforO Aug 2015 #86

Sad but true, and little time left to change. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #93

Calvin said it best. Amimnoch Aug 2015 #119

Great! mountain grammy Aug 2015 #127

Only after the last river has been poisoned.... NightWatcher Aug 2015 #3

Turn it OFF!! G_j Aug 2015 #4

That is what I thought. jwirr Aug 2015 #8

Can they turn it off? Safely???? Need petition asap. glinda Aug 2015 #46

I don't know for sure but most gas lines have a shut-off valve. But I jwirr Aug 2015 #76

Read Wikipedia for Enbridge Line 5. This pipeline was built in 1953 and jwirr Aug 2015 #81

Here. If you come up with a statement and message it to me to help look it over.....WE CAN DO IT glinda Aug 2015 #92

Eggzaklee! Scuba Aug 2015 #62

My first reaction was also to turn it off emsimon33 Aug 2015 #107

k & r snagglepuss Aug 2015 #7

Enbridge is spectacularly awful. So is the proposed nuke dump next to Lake Huron. Octafish Aug 2015 #9

I knew the name Enbridge sounded familiar! KamaAina Aug 2015 #10

I can't blame Enbridge for the nuke dump. Octafish Aug 2015 #23

It might be useful to remember our Republican governors navarth Aug 2015 #91

and still the idiots vote Republican... Stargazer99 Aug 2015 #113

Who's going to tell them different? navarth Aug 2015 #122

To put this in perspective, every oil tanker unit train carries over 1 Million MineralMan Aug 2015 #11

I doubt very seriously Millenials are capable, but if they really wanted a better life, it strikes jtuck004 Aug 2015 #12

That's a load of garbage matt819 Aug 2015 #20

We are all the problem. The boomers are too fat and lazy and corrupt to fix it. But the jtuck004 Aug 2015 #26

Boomer here. Moved to The Woods with Wife in 2006. bvar22 Aug 2015 #36

Farm out Roy Rolling Aug 2015 #37

Of course. <G> But you stand out because you are the exception. And your world only jtuck004 Aug 2015 #38

Water was out first concern when we moved here. bvar22 Aug 2015 #43

We are on an underground well that taps into the big aquifer under here. It used to water jtuck004 Aug 2015 #50

Your profile didn't list what part of the country in which you live, bvar22 Aug 2015 #61

NE Corner of WA State. Spokane used to be a center for Strawberries, Peaches, Potatoes, jtuck004 Aug 2015 #64

Sorry, I just don't get the millennial bashing matt819 Aug 2015 #48

There is a whole generation that should be saving themselves, and instead are working to make others jtuck004 Aug 2015 #59

Righteous Rant. bvar22 Aug 2015 #67

I don't mean to write us off, but we had all that and threw it away to satisfy our greed. jtuck004 Aug 2015 #71

This: CrispyQ Aug 2015 #95

Aren't you condemning an awful lot of very good non-lazy, non-obese with that broad bush? Enthusiast Aug 2015 #53

The world is burning up. Your laws along with them. We are all letting it happen. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #60

wait a minute......... Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2015 #57

We need to have a big national conversation about how to go forward with no growth. jtuck004 Aug 2015 #63

As long as people use petroleum products, the oil will move. MineralMan Aug 2015 #24

No, I am saying they have to stop life as we know it. Everyone is too comfortable on jtuck004 Aug 2015 #28

Go for it! Really! MineralMan Aug 2015 #29

Oh, the solution is coming. One way or another. <G> jtuck004 Aug 2015 #33

You could move next door to us in the Deep South. bvar22 Aug 2015 #40

I could do that. I can live and work anywhere. MineralMan Aug 2015 #41

This life is not for everyone. bvar22 Aug 2015 #52

I want this: CrispyQ Aug 2015 #96

We need to transport electricity, not oil across the country. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #13

And profitability. /nt demwing Aug 2015 #16

Profitability involves weighing the possibile losses of an action against the potential JDPriestly Aug 2015 #110

Cool. I'm all for it. Do you think it can be built before the next huge MineralMan Aug 2015 #25

It's a horrible reality. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #109

It is just a matter of will. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #49

It's a nice dream, but the energy loss is prohibitive Android3.14 Aug 2015 #117

No one thought that electricity was possible. But it is. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #118

We are definitely on the same page Android3.14 Aug 2015 #121

So your answer is to do nothing cause there are other disasters waiting to happen. unapatriciated Aug 2015 #19

No. My answer is that it's Hobson's Choice. MineralMan Aug 2015 #21

Unlikely zipplewrath Aug 2015 #90

Thank god we have corporations. The people who profited from the pipe... Taitertots Aug 2015 #14

Does ANYONE believe that anything will be done? demwing Aug 2015 #15

Yah, there's a solution. MineralMan Aug 2015 #30

I'm being dramatically despondent demwing Aug 2015 #47

I see. I was being realistic. MineralMan Aug 2015 #51

See...and I thought you were being sarcastic demwing Aug 2015 #54

Nope. Not sarcastic at all. Realistic. MineralMan Aug 2015 #74

OK. You think you were being realistic. I get that demwing Aug 2015 #77

Realistic corporate flack Joe Turner Aug 2015 #85

"Eh?" Are you Canadian? Do you work for Enbridge? KamaAina Aug 2015 #68

No to both. I work for myself, MineralMan Aug 2015 #72

I know that! I just thought it was odd to see "Eh?" in a thread aboot a Canadian company. KamaAina Aug 2015 #75

As a resident Canadian I'll clear that up LiberalLovinLug Aug 2015 #138

So he screwed up his punctuation, eh? KamaAina Aug 2015 #139

Are you impressed with yourself? demwing Aug 2015 #79

That depends, and changes from day to day... MineralMan Aug 2015 #80

Maybe not but that should not keep us from trying. Imagine a dead zone jwirr Aug 2015 #83

Hell, imagine a one-lake dead zone demwing Aug 2015 #98

From what i read is directly touches Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and jwirr Aug 2015 #133

Enron...Enbridge...they're entitled...we're endangered. nt valerief Aug 2015 #17

k & freaking r! n/t wildbilln864 Aug 2015 #18

K & R Duppers Aug 2015 #27

BP tried to get permission to drill under Lake Michigan ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2015 #32

Someone wanted to put drill rigs out on Lake Erie. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #45

I bet the algae bloom prevented them from finding the bottom. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2015 #56

Could be. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #58

A minor error in fact Kaleva Aug 2015 #39

Now, now... MineralMan Aug 2015 #42

that's right G_j Aug 2015 #55

Well, it's not really going to cause a MineralMan Aug 2015 #73

point taken G_j Aug 2015 #99

All potential environmental pollution is of considerable concern. MineralMan Aug 2015 #124

But if the headline and first sentence of the article are incorrect.. Kaleva Aug 2015 #88

true G_j Aug 2015 #100

If you Google Oil Pipelines USA, you'll discover a number of maps MineralMan Aug 2015 #126

I will G_j Aug 2015 #141

Kicked and recommended to the Max! They need to turn this fucker off immediately! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #44

it seems like hardly a day goes by any longer when it isn't absolutely clear... mike_c Aug 2015 #65

K&R... spanone Aug 2015 #66

Oil is the single biggest evil in the world. Initech Aug 2015 #69

Posted by a product made of oil products. former9thward Aug 2015 #82

do we have any chance for long term suvival SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 #70

Is there anything big oil won't do kill us all in the pursuit of profit? blackspade Aug 2015 #78

No there is not. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #104

kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Aug 2015 #87

this is just scary - humans wreck everything nadine_mn Aug 2015 #89

God help us flamingdem Aug 2015 #94

Here is a video deancr Aug 2015 #101

Fucking oilers and deathers. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #103

It's simple, really. Sociopaths are in charge. They prey on our addiction Grown2Hate Aug 2015 #105

Greed and Ignorance Phlem Aug 2015 #106

George Carlin "The American Dream" Pharaoh Aug 2015 #108

We need to act as a huge group to stop this crap and I mean huge Stargazer99 Aug 2015 #114

Oh� My� Gawd! MrScorpio Aug 2015 #112

The world is fucked if we continue this trend davidpdx Aug 2015 #120

Why the fuck are we running oil pipelines underwater? KansDem Aug 2015 #123

Probably more smart than stupid The2ndWheel Aug 2015 #125

The Great Lakes are huge, but "one-fifth of the world�s fresh surface water"?` Reter Aug 2015 #129

Yay? historylovr Aug 2015 #130

Environmental time bombs are everywhere.. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #131

YouTube link to the documentary: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #140

It's really just a matter of time till we fuck everything up. nt cyberswede Aug 2015 #143