Keystone XL Pipeline Project thread

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I agree with Bandit:  if we are going to build it, we should at least either get some of the oil from it in return... or the states should be able to tax it based on volume.

I personally would have preferred them to run the new line right along the old line... and then invest in extra-super-safe safety measures around the double pipelines to prevent any spills from spreading.  Plus it makes it easier from an operations standpoint for maintenance staffing, etc.

In the end, the cost of renewables continues to come down and they will be more competitive for electricity production.  And beyond that, I think we'll make some serious strides in electric self driving vehicles and America will be changed forever... for the better.

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This is the kind of issue that public opinion polls shouldn't even be taken. Only a small percentage of Americans have any understanding of it, regardless of which side they're "on," and just revert to what sounds right to them.

Yeah if everyone "understood" it as well as you do, Harry, we'd all be against it amirite?

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This is the kind of issue that public opinion polls shouldn't even be taken. Only a small percentage of Americans have any understanding of it, regardless of which side they're "on," and just revert to what sounds right to them.

Yeah if everyone "understood" it as well as you do, Harry, we'd all be against it amirite?

Um ... swwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwing and miss, I presume? I've posted my support for the pipeline several times.

but surely you must fall to Nirvana syndrome?  Any and all oil infrastructure must be opposed on principle!

If not, then I admit I was wrong and I think you have thought about this issue thoroughly.  I'd guess you think "as long as efficiency and overall personal usage of fossil fuels keeps going down, we might as well get what we do use from stable, friendly sources."

Which, if you believe that, then we agree.  And that makes me feel icky.