‘Quick, more windmills!’ WH declares emergency in 17 states after fuel pipeline gets temporarily shut down

Fuel pipelines are bad, according to this administrations, but apparently some are still necessary:

“BREAKING: The White House has declared a state of emergency in 17 states and the District of Columbia in response to the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the U.S., which supplies around 45 percent of fuel consumed by the East Coast.”https://t.co/nQC7mLgjS3

— Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 (@alexplitsas) May 10, 2021

This particular line was shut down after an apparent ransomware attack:

“Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline and the U.S. government have both blamed ransomware for the massive outage, pointing the finger at cybercriminal gangs who routinely hold data and computer networks hostage in exchange for digital currency payments.”https://t.co/38k59ReIre

— Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 (@alexplitsas) May 10, 2021

Here is a visual map of the pipeline pic.twitter.com/je4u7nQoEU

— Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 (@alexplitsas) May 10, 2021

And the Secretary of Energy is Jennifer Granholm, so don’t worry, America!

If all the laid off workers from the Keystone Pipeline weren't busy learning to code and how to install solar panels, they'd be laughing their asses off right now

— Kevin Dalton (@NextLAMayor) May 10, 2021

I was told fossil fuels weren’t needed. State of emergency? Hmmm… pic.twitter.com/T9AtrO1cOu

— Mick (@pancaketownship) May 10, 2021

Quick – more windmills!

— Larry Bill (@LarryBill1971) May 10, 2021

Why is the pipeline connected to anything that can be taken over by ransomware???? Switch to a more mechanical system. That is what should be in the infrastructure bill. https://t.co/WW9tDJhew8

— Republican Jew (@EzraDrissman) May 10, 2021

That sounds too much like actual infrastructure to be included in a Democrat version of an infrastructure bill.

Right now they are thinking about how they can blame Trump.

— Dr. John L Meyer (@Irish_Searcher) May 10, 2021

That’s a given.

Can those states affected by the Keystone Pipeline shutdown get state of emergency status too?

— MDB (@mideberry) May 10, 2021

Right? We’re confused about this administration’s priorities already.