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LETTER: Let’s curb our fossil fuel dependence
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the Park Rapids Enterprise by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Park Rapids Enterprise. To submit a letter, email sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com or mail it to Park Rapids Enterprise, 203 Henrietta Ave. N., Park Rapids, MN 56470.
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By Douglass Keiser, Minneapolis | 1:00 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
I’ve been reading a lot of letters championing how pipelines are safer than transporting oil by roads and railways. Let’s take a step backwards for a minute. The problem isn’t the pipeline. The pipeline facilitates the problem. The problem is the fossil fuel industry continues to push fast-forward on expanding infrastructure to support more oil. Instead, we need to be pushing the pause button.
A recent AOPL-commissioned poll shows that Americans increasingly hold a positive impression of pipelines.
A recent poll commissioned by the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) shows that a growing number of Americans hold a positive impression of pipelines.
Moreover, the study found most Americans support keeping oil and gas workers employed.
Conducted between February 11 and February 24, 2021, by the independent polling firm Wakefield Research, the online quantitative survey of 3,000 U.S. consumers found that 70% of Americans have a positive impression of pipelines – up from 65% percent in 2019, AOPL revealed in a written statement emailed to Rigzone. In addition, AOPL stated the survey showed broad support across key audiences for avoiding climate change remedies that increase Americans’ energy costs.