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the world's longest, quietest arguments about who gets to move liquid money through your backyard.
means a fixed system of pipes that moves fluids or gases continuously over distance, instead of shipping them in batches.
from the concept scales up from ancient aqueducts and gas mains, but the modern oil pipeline emerged in 1860s pennsylvania when edwin drake's boom needed a way to move crude that didn't involve horse-drawn barrels.
cheapest transportfar less per barrel than rail or truck
invisible infrastructuremost run underground, unnoticed until they leak
software stole the wordci/cd pipelines now outnumber the oil kind
length recordrussia's druzhba oil line spans over 4000 km
for instance
keystone xl — cancelled 2021 after a decade of protest and politics
trans-alaska pipeline — 800 miles, built 1977 after the 70s oil shocks
nord stream — baltic sea gas line, sabotaged and severed in 2022
dakota access pipeline — standing rock protests made it a national flashpoint in 2016