Tanker Truck Accidents Underscore Need For Gas Pipelines In New York

Our friend Dan Markind points out the obvious truth fractivists and Governor Andrew Cuomo are determined to deny; that the tragic natural gas tanker truck accident in New York a few weeks ago only demonstrates the need for pipelines:

Environmentalists were quick to call for an end to the truck convoys. They demanded to know why the trucks were allowed to drive near homes, schools, and places of worship. These arguments are identical to those used against construction of the pipelines, but ironically give support to the energy industry’s argument that pipelines are the safest means of transportation for natural gas…

Left unanswered by the environmentalists’ demand for an end to the truck convoy is any practical solution to how to deliver the gas to the people who need it. Winters in upstate New York are notoriously long, cloudy, snowy, and cold. While the Governor uses the power of his administration to block creation of a natural gas infrastructure in his state, he fails to address the effect that his actions are having on its citizens: How will upstate New York keep the lights and heat on during the winter? New Yorkers already pay some of the highest prices for electricity in the nation. If the current winter is cold and snowy, they could see price spikes that will cause energy prices to soar.

As usual, Dan gives us some common sense and reason to ponder. Don’t expect our fractivist friends to pay any attention, though.

Pander Bear Rolls Over for Jumpin’ Jeff Titell

The only people surprised, of course, are the New Jersey voters who elected this pathetic panderer as their governor:

A controversial proposal for a massive power plant in the Meadowlands was dealt a possibly crippling setback Wednesday night.

After months of protests and environmentalists calling on him to take a stand, Gov. Phil Murphy said he opposes plans for the $1.5 billion natural gas plant on the Hackensack River in North Bergen.

Shortly thereafter, North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco said the Hudson County township will “now move on” and find another use for the property — though the project’s developers said they aren’t dropping their plans.

Murphy, a progressive Democrat who vowed to improve New Jersey’s environment, said during his call-in radio show: “I have, for lack of a better word, come to an epiphany.”

“I’ve deferred on this long enough,” the governor said on Newark’s WBGO. “I have to say definitively, this project simply doesn’t make sense for New Jersey.”

“I’ve reached the point that I’m unequivocally against the project,” he added. “There, I’ve said it.”

Phil cares more for appeasing the likes of Jumpin’ Jeff Tittel and company than meeting the future electricity needs of the people who elected him. North Bergen, where it was proposed, supported it, but that didn’t matter. He didn’t have a moment of epiphany; he a moment of political correctness. How is that New Jersey fell for this guy?