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• Gas Bans for Everyone… Except Celebrity Chefs

• Wisconsin Tribe Wants Oil Pipeline Shut Down

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Gas Bans for Everyone…Except Celebrity Chefs

A celebrity chef has won an exemption from a fresh gas stove ban in Palo Alto that came into effect earlier this year.

The win may be an early signal of a coming pushback against gas bans.

Think before you ban

Following the example of bigger neighbor San Francisco, Palo Alto banned new natural gas connections from the start of this year.

It got awkward quickly when world-famous chef Jose Andres signaled this might change his mind about opening a restaurant in a Palo Alto mall.

It then got hilarious when lawyers for the mall threatened to sue the city.

Why? Because the city had allowed a gas line to be connected to the mall but… mall tenants couldn’t use it because of the ban.

Finally, the story got a happy ending with Andres being granted a license to use gas in the kitchen.

Guess what other chefs are going to do now.

Pushback against gas bans is going to grow

Gas is popular in kitchens because it cooks the food quickly, and the temperature can be fine-tuned in seconds, which is why chefs love it.

What’s more, it saves money – gas is dirt cheap in the U.S. and even when they’re high, they’re small change compared to the price of gas in countries that don’t produce it.

The benefits of gas clearly didn’t matter to city authorities that rushed to ban new connections because of emissions, climate, blah, blah, blah.

But they matter to everyone else. Shocking.

They especially matter to people who stand to lose money from the ban, such as that mall in Palo Alto.

Time for lawsuits?

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Wisconsin Tribe Wants Oil Pipeline Shut Down

A Native American tribe in Wisconsin has called on authorities to shut down the Line 5 pipeline because it might rupture on the reservation.

The tribe’s attorneys said soil erosion would expose the pipeline and, apparently, this exposure would increase the risk of a rupture.

When bored – protest a pipeline

The attorneys of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa probably got bored and decided a lawsuit against a pipeline company was always a good idea.

And people love to protest pipelines.

Remember the Dakota Access protests?

Or the Keystone XL protests, although that got killed quickly?

Or how about the Trans Mountain expansion protests in Canada?

People love to protest pipelines... but they usually target yet-to-be-built ones.

Except when it’s Line 5.

A pipeline with tough luck

Line 5 is a 540,000-bpd twin pipe that ships crude and other products from Canada to Michigan and Wisconsin.

The current crop of politicians at the helm in Michigan has been trying to get it shut down for years, citing things like age and safety.

They have so far failed. Why? Well, Line 5 supplies half of the propane Michiganders use.

It gets cold in winter in Michigan.

Now, this Native American tribe is claiming the pipeline will rupture because of erosion.

Someone needs to make a collection of ridiculous reasons for shutting down pipelines.

“Experts and environmental advocates have warned in court that an exposed section of the pipeline would be weakened and could rupture at any time, causing massive oil spills,” per the AP.

This despite the fact that there are thousands of miles of completely exposed pipelines in the world that are not rupturing.

And because Enbridge obviously cares about the safety of its pipelines. Because if a spill occurs, Enbridge’s head is on the chopping block.

The case is ongoing and will surely show which way the wind is blowing for the pipeline industry.

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