Get a clue!
Get a clue, America. You don't really think that the pipeline "suddenly" had sludge problems and had to be shut, do you? Nah. This smacks of a contrived emergency - set to raise gas prices and bolster the argument for more drilling, etc.
"WASHINGTON - The North Slope oil pipelines being shut down because of corrosion were clogged for years by sludge buildup that may have prevented the most sophisticated internal corrosion tests, officials said Monday. The last time the pipelines were cleaned and tested, using a "smart pig" -- a device pushed through the pipe to detect structural problems -- was in 1992, according to federal regulators and congressional investigators."
