Thread by @hydromerchant

I work heavily with refined fuels pipelines and refineries, so I am very much invested in what's happening with Colonial Pipeline.

You couldn't dream up a more effective alternative to a nuclear first strike if you tried.

Every military base and airfield is out of commission.

This is an abject failure of national defense planning, infrastructure stability, and interstate planning.

Blue state governors and high level federal and military complacency are no doubt to blame.

One pipeline controls the Eastern US. Does no one see the problem?

If this had happened a year ago, every oil and gas pipeline CEO would be summoned to the White House, and be given a week to come up with a plan to resolve this with new pipeline construction of some kind that would reinforce the stability of the east coast's fuels logistics.

Whether interconnects with TE Products, Buckeye Pipeline, or extending the Plantation Pipeline up to NYC, the problem would be solved.

And quickly.

Instead we have a clown who probably plans his day around his yogurt break at 4 pm.

https://twitter.com/racheladhe/status/1392144163647410183?s=19

@racheladhe is on top of this from a purely journalistic perspective.

Item: in the middle of this manmade hell, strode a giant of a man that the...

Just kidding it's Gov. Whitmer shutting down Enbridge's Line 5.

Once is happenstance
Twice is coincidence
Three Times is enemy action.

@johnrobb is right again

https://twitter.com/johnrobb/status/1392453307340402689?s=19

Will anyone learn anything from this debacle? She sure won't. I hope you did.

https://twitter.com/SecGranholm/status/1392588496880033792?s=19

Interesting

My Teufelhunden brother @JesseKellyDC says the same thing.

https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1392856510552756224?s=20