Thank you. I would be very happy to.
I think it is really important that we use this opportunity to really underline the impacts on the U.S., because it really isn't that all the risk is being taken on by the U.S. and all the benefits will go to Canada. That's not the situation at all. Americans face a lot of risk with the potential shutdown of this pipeline.
Michigan has the highest propane consumption in the U.S. The feedstocks from Line 5 that are refined in Ontario produce 65% of the propane for Michigan's upper peninsula and 55% of Michigan's state-wide propane needs. We have seen recently the potential impacts on those supplies to Michiganders.
Line 5 also supplies essential feedstock for the production of jet fuel for the Detroit airport. It feeds refineries in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, which are dependent on the line for their operations. For example, there are two refineries in Toledo, Ohio, that would be at risk in the event of a Line 5 shutdown. We're talking about billions of dollars in annual economic output.
From an environmental perspective—this was raised—it would require approximately 2,100 tanker trucks per day leaving Superior and heading east across Michigan, and roughly 800 railcars travelling on Michigan's rails to support the light oil and natural gas liquids that Line 5 moves each day.
So this is not a Canada-versus-U.S. issue; Americans would really benefit from the line's continued operation.