XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas

nestork · 2013-02-13T17:42:46+00:00

President Barack Obama was silent on the issue of the XL pipeline thatproponents want to build between Alberta and Texas. His silence on the issue is seen to be favourable toward the pipelinebecause it appears that he is trying to distance himself from commentshe made earlier in his presidency where the said that overland pipelinescould be a threat to the environment. Canada has large oil reserves in the form of tar sand oil, and it isthis tar sand oil that is expected to be transported to Texas via the XLpipeline. Texas has lots of unused refining capacity for that oil. Proponents of the pipeline point out that building the pipeline is awin-win situation for both the US and Canada both because of the jobs itwould provide in the near term and the energy independance it wouldprovide the US over the medium and long term. The US gets a reliablesupply of oil and Canada gets a customer for it's oil without having torun the much greater environmental risks of transporting that oil bysea. I'm hoping that within the next few months, your president will make anannouncement saying that he's approving the building of that pipeline.

Feb 13, 2013 40 Replies

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trader4 13 years ago

Are they gonna power that sucker with sun beams or moon beams? I have visions of the Simpsons episode where Homer became the conductor for the new solar powered monorail. A monorail built by a scamming huckster......

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