{"id":11135,"date":"2014-11-05T12:27:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=11135"},"modified":"2014-11-05T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:32:56","slug":"a-hazardous-sabal-trail-to-lng-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/a-hazardous-sabal-trail-to-lng-export.html","title":{"rendered":"A Hazardous Sabal Trail to LNG Export"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nHere are<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/ngo\/sierra\/al\/2014-11-01--jsq-stt\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/ngo\/sierra\/al\/2014-11-01--jsq-stt\/thumb0.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/ngo\/sierra\/al\/2014-11-01--jsq-stt\/\">the slides<\/a> for the talk I gave at the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/29\/alabama-sierra-club-retreat-talk-sabal-trail-pipeline\/\">Alabama Sierra Club Retreat 1 November 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/ngo\/sierra\/al\/2014-11-01--jsq-stt\/img1.html\">The outline<\/a>, with links to supporting evidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/sierra-club-chapters-oppose-sabal-trail-gas-pipeline-read-by-danielle-jordan-ferc-2014-03-04.html\"><br \/>\nAL-GA-FL Sierra Club Statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nWater more important: do Solar power instead\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/02\/22\/ferc-notice-of-intent-for-environmental-impact-statement-and-scoping-meetings\/\"><br \/>\n100-foot RoW, 36-inch pipe, AL-GA-FL + Transco &#038;amp FSC<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/hazards\/\"><br \/>\nHazards: Spectra, Williams, etc. corrosion, leaks, explosions<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/22\/gwc-dd9-sabal-trail-pipeline-threatens-withlacoochee-river-floridan-aquifer\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wwals.net\/wp-content\/themes\/pianoblack\/img\/\/2014\/10\/9438e838ba6b6c3bd8a9f0ec04f19bee.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/22\/withlacoochee-river-floridan-aquifer-gas-pipeline-threatens-southwest-georgia-water-way-life-gwc-dirty-dozen\/\"><br \/>\nGeorgia Water Coalition Dirty Dozen<\/a>,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/22\/gwc-dd9-sabal-trail-pipeline-threatens-withlacoochee-river-floridan-aquifer\/\"><br \/>\n#9: Sabal Trail threatens rivers and Floridan Aquifer<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/04\/24\/fpls-own-projections-dont-support-need-for-a-new-pipeline\/\"><br \/>\nFPL&#8217;s &ldquo;need&rdquo; for FL power &amp; eminent domain<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/04\/23\/explain-why-the-gas-is-needed-epa-to-ferc\/#Need\"><br \/>\nConservation, efficiency, solar: faster, cheaper, and far cleaner<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/10\/09\/it-dont-pass-the-smell-test\/\"><br \/>\nLNG export of fracked methane for 5 times domestic price<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/lng-export\/#Florida\"><br \/>\nAnd those 3 already-authorized LNG export operations<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/ferc\/how-to-send-an-ecomment-to-ferc\/\"><br \/>\nWhat<\/a> can be<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/contact\/counties-and-cities\/\"><br \/>\ndone<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afterwards, somebody asked me if there was a study on LNG exports<br \/>\ndriving up domestic natural gas prices.<br \/>\nTurns out there is, requested by LNG-export-authorizing<br \/>\nOffice of Fossil Energy from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/11\/03\/lng-exports-would-drive-up-domestic-natural-gas-prices\/\"><br \/>\nEIA&#8217;s summary of 29 October 2014<\/a>:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\"><p>\nIncreased LNG exports lead to increased natural gas prices.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/11\/03\/lng-exports-would-drive-up-domestic-natural-gas-prices\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/analysis\/requests\/fe\/images\/figure_3.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHow much depends on which scenario actually happens,<br \/>\nranging from not quite doubling domestic prices to more than quadrupling.<\/p>\n<p>\nHow about we go straight to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/hot-topics\/solar.html\">safer, cleaner, faster, cheaper solar power<\/a> instead,<br \/>\nwhich <em>lowers<\/em> energy bills?<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the slides for the talk I gave at the Alabama Sierra Club Retreat 1 November 2014. The outline, with links to supporting evidence: AL-GA-FL Sierra Club Statement: Water more important: do Solar power instead 100-foot RoW, 36-inch pipe, AL-GA-FL + Transco &#038;amp FSC Hazards: Spectra, Williams, etc. corrosion, leaks, explosions Georgia Water Coalition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,6687,73,55,126],"tags":[8759,8704,8706,7360,8701,8702,4202,12,7,6076,6597,8731,34,7122,6,8727,8740],"class_list":["post-11135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-pipeline-2","category-safety","category-water","category-wwals","tag-alabama","tag-economy","tag-environment","tag-export","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-lng","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-pipeline","tag-sabal-trail-transmission","tag-safety","tag-sierra-club","tag-spectrabusters","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-wwals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11135"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11140,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11135\/revisions\/11140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}