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Jared Polis: “Pipelines are far more efficient from a climate perspective…”

Featuring: Jared Polis, Democratic | Governor of Colorado

In-Depth Interview with Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Libertarian Values and State Policies

Published September 5, 2023 | Video Starts at 25:01

And it simply means things like rather than moving oil and gas trucks, they're able to do it. On pipelines we've largely eliminated. So pipelines are good things. Pipelines are far more efficient from a climate perspective than running trucks. diesel trucks in and out. Now maybe someday you'll get to electric trucks and those are more efficient. But right now it's diesel versus pipeline. (25:01–25:06)

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Asserts that pipelines are more climate-efficient than trucks for transporting oil and gas.

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