Why is an oil pipeline more hurtful to the environment than 1000s of acres of wind-farms?

and millions of miles of electric cabling?Why is an oil pipeline more hurtful to the environment than 1000s of acres of wind-farms?
I'm sorry, you're not suppose to ask questions like this.





The great one might get offended.Why is an oil pipeline more hurtful to the environment than 1000s of acres of wind-farms?
It is not so much the pipeline as the burning of the oil products that is harmful to the environment. Of course, if there is an earthquake or something else that damages the oil pipeline you can get a lot of damage to the environment around the place where the break occurs. Sometimes the pipeline goes thru some pretty pristine and wild areas.





It is true that wind-farms kill birds but overall I think are better for the environment. Plus we will not run out of wind but will run out of oil.
Because oil is bad and wind is good. Who do you think you are to interject logic into this liberal arguement?





Actually, nowadays, for all intents and purposes, oil pipelines have zero incidents. It is more likely that the sun will not come up tomorrow than having a spill or leakage from an oil pipeline.





It is true that oil will run out some day, but our own department of energy predicts that by 2030, 80% of our energy will still come from fossil fuels (and that is assuming aggressive expansion into renewables). Rather than demonize oil companies and put punitive taxes on oil products we should focus on ways to make it cleaner. I guarantee you oil isn't going away anytime soon, depsite what great minds like Al Gore think.





additional info: Also, I don't think anyone has mentioned that windmills can be a bit of an eyesoar, whereas pipelines are rarely every seen at all.
Because generating electricity using modern technology like wind farms does not pollute the air. Using obsolete technology like oil does.
Oil pipelines hurt nothing. Windmills kill birds. When the windmill blades break off, they can also decapitate anyone nearby, hopefully environmentalists.
NB: Only 33% of scientists agree with Gore. Remember this.


He is an alarmist, period.
wires...oil





wires...oil





hmmm?





gee, makes no sense to me either.
Do you know that there are ways to turn a wind turbine and generate power without windmills?
Says who?





Who are these imaginary liberals you quote?

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