This action won't
"save the planet." The planet is going to survive until about 7.5
billion years from now, no matter what we do, and whether humans could live on
it or not. Obama's rejection of Keystone is going to help save humankind -
assuming, of course, we continue to work to decrease anthropocentric global
warming.
And remember, just because Obama rejected it doesn't mean that the next president couldn't bring it back to life. Remember that the paragon of conservation Ronald Reagan removed the solar panels from the White House that Jimmy Carter had installed. Be careful when you vote!
And remember, just because Obama rejected it doesn't mean that the next president couldn't bring it back to life. Remember that the paragon of conservation Ronald Reagan removed the solar panels from the White House that Jimmy Carter had installed. Be careful when you vote!
President Obama's reasons,
drawn from the State Department conclusions about the pipeline, were narrow in
scope but the impact is much larger than those reasons. Keystone XL was
selected as an environmental cause by the Environmental Defense Fund, not because
the pipeline was some end of the world evil, but because they thought they
might win the battle, get new members and draw large contributions. Then, the
Republicans pounded on the issue as a way of weakening the president and
Democrats. It is just another sad, unfortunate political mess that really
doesn't get us anywhere.
This is a false victory. It gives some people something to cheer about, while the actual transition to less polluting, renewable fuels is not going nearly fast enough. Victories like this one slowdown the change because they harden each side in their opposition to each other and bring out massive campaign and other contributions from the fossil fuels industry.
As long as we are going to use oil, as long as Canada is going to develop this type of oil and market it to the world, we should not oppose merely for the sake of opposition. Ten years from now, the hollowness of this victory will be clear to the world.
This is a false victory. It gives some people something to cheer about, while the actual transition to less polluting, renewable fuels is not going nearly fast enough. Victories like this one slowdown the change because they harden each side in their opposition to each other and bring out massive campaign and other contributions from the fossil fuels industry.
As long as we are going to use oil, as long as Canada is going to develop this type of oil and market it to the world, we should not oppose merely for the sake of opposition. Ten years from now, the hollowness of this victory will be clear to the world.
It would have put $5
billion into the U.S. economy between wages and construction costs, plus $67
million in local and state taxes.
There are currently 2.5 million miles of pipeline in the U.S.. Obama supported the construction of Keystone 3 in 2012.
As the article notes, the oil will still get extracted and transported by other means.
A pandering move to left-wing billionaire activists at the expense of the U.S. economy.
There are currently 2.5 million miles of pipeline in the U.S.. Obama supported the construction of Keystone 3 in 2012.
As the article notes, the oil will still get extracted and transported by other means.
A pandering move to left-wing billionaire activists at the expense of the U.S. economy.
Stopping the Keystone
Pipeline only delays the environmental impact on the planet as a whole. Canada
will build another pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. There
are already dozens of oil pipelines in North America and they will continue to
be used, along with new ones built. The concept that America alone can put a
dent in global warming by not completing the Keystone project is absurd. China
has 4 times the CO2 emissions as the U.S. and growing. And, there is no plan to
reduce those emissions. Obama sponsored several environmental impact studies on
Keystone, none of which concluded the project would have a negative impact.
This is simply another battle in the liberals "War on Fossil Fuels"
and it's futile.
Captain Courageous waits
until after the elections in KY and VA to show his true stripes. Bravo.
As with the oil in Alaska that sits in the ground, this oil will eventually make it to market, probably at a time when we need it more.
No President has done more for the GOP than Captain Courageous. We thank him profusely for his efforts. Next he will lead us to a veto proof GOP majority in Congress.
As with the oil in Alaska that sits in the ground, this oil will eventually make it to market, probably at a time when we need it more.
No President has done more for the GOP than Captain Courageous. We thank him profusely for his efforts. Next he will lead us to a veto proof GOP majority in Congress.
I'm not sure where you are
getting your numbers but the State Department report but it at about 3,900
initial construction jobs for about a year, and then 35 permanent jobs.
The largest job generator would be repairing the seriously deteriorating infrastructure in this country -- the bridges, highways, ports, and airports. They are in desperate need of repair.
There is no justification for letting foreign companies seize the land of American farmers, ranchers, and Native Americans in order to make profit. Back in the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter said that the world's oil would run out in just a few years. Obviously, he was wrong. There was more oil.
Today, some people want to say that our need for oil is desperate and that we should develop every source of oil we can, no matter how dirty or destructive the process is. Those people today are just as wrong as Jimmy Carter was. There's oil, yes there is. And burning it for power would be a big, big mistake.
We don't need the Keystone Pipeline's oil. We need to leave that oil in the ground.
The largest job generator would be repairing the seriously deteriorating infrastructure in this country -- the bridges, highways, ports, and airports. They are in desperate need of repair.
There is no justification for letting foreign companies seize the land of American farmers, ranchers, and Native Americans in order to make profit. Back in the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter said that the world's oil would run out in just a few years. Obviously, he was wrong. There was more oil.
Today, some people want to say that our need for oil is desperate and that we should develop every source of oil we can, no matter how dirty or destructive the process is. Those people today are just as wrong as Jimmy Carter was. There's oil, yes there is. And burning it for power would be a big, big mistake.
We don't need the Keystone Pipeline's oil. We need to leave that oil in the ground.
