As right as Obama is on immigration reform, he is completely wrong on the Keystone. It is pure politics and it will hurt America in the long run..There are now 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines in the U.S.; 74 pipelines now cross the Canada U.S. border. The Keystone XL is but a small part of the infrastructure that facilitates getting petroleum from supplier to consumer. The Keystone will be some of the most modern and safest. Stopping the Keystone will not stop the oil from getting from the third largest oil deposit in the world to market – it just makes it more expensive, less environmentally friendly, less safe, and deprives the U.S. from a more politically stable source. The American public resisting the Keystone with almost religious fervour and with little scientific evidence need to realize they are being manipulated by environmentalists who depend upon issues such as the Keystone for fundraising.
As right as Obama is on immigration reform, he is completely wrong on the Keystone. It is pure politics and it will hurt America in the long run..There are now 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines in the U.S.; 74 pipelines now cross the Canada U.S. border. The Keystone XL is but a small part of the infrastructure that facilitates getting petroleum from supplier to consumer. The Keystone will be some of the most modern and safest. Stopping the Keystone will not stop the oil from getting from the third largest oil deposit in the world to market – it just makes it more expensive, less environmentally friendly, less safe, and deprives the U.S. from a more politically stable source. The American public resisting the Keystone with almost religious fervour and with little scientific evidence need to realize they are being manipulated by environmentalists who depend upon issues such as the Keystone for fundraising.