Daily Monitor Wednesday April 21 2021 In recent weeks, activists have accused French oil giant Total and Chinese oil firms, and the Uganda and Tanzanian governments, of disregarding the environmental risks after the signing of agreements on the construction of the $3.5 billion oil pipeline. The 1,445 kilometres-long East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from the Lake Albert in western Uganda to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, as Uganda’s crude oil is viscous, so it needs to be warmed up to be liquid enough to flow. Activists have warned about pollution and other environmental risks, the displacement of families, and the fact that fossil fuels are anachronistic and in the not too distant future, will be worthless, having been replaced by clean fuels. They are very correct in these criticisms, but they are unlikely to win the argument.