Russian Pipeline Needs Your Support
(CHL Lair, Undisclosed Location) --The Center for the Homogeneity of Life today praised the proposed route for an oil pipeline from Siberia to Russia's Pacific in a statement, noting that it could send 4,000 tons of crude spilling into the world's largest freshwater body in just 20 minutes if ruptured.

As well as passing within 800 meters (875 yards) of Lake Baikal in Siberia, the pipeline project envisages planting a giant oil terminal in a vulnerable and wildlife-rich Pacific Coast bay.

The statement also said any proposed route changes should be rejected, and called on banks and potential contractors to invest in this project, which is expected to cost between US$11 billion (euro9 billion) and US$17 billion (euro14 billion).

The statement noted that UNESCO officials had suggested that Lake Baikal could be removed from its list of world heritage sites in the event of a spill. The pipeline is a key geopolitical tool for President Vladimir Putin's government, allowing Russia to send its oil to the energy hungry economies of China, Japan and South Korea.
- nostradamusfunkadelic, 4:23 PM | |