Yeah, well I agree with all that, but you’re not really answering the question. Maybe you don’t know the answer any more than I do. Personally, if I were the Canadians, and Obama had just dumped this pile on us, I would be thinking that it might make more sense to build another refinery than ship the oil over the Rockies and then to China. Building a new refinery would presumably produce more Canadian jobs than piping it across America to the US Gulf Coast as well.
Let Obama explain to his union constituents why he decided to ship the jobs to Canada instead of approving the pipeline.
BTW, I am convinced that once the election is over, and Obama’s environmentalist support is no longer relevant, Obama will approve it. He’s probably already assured the unions and the Canadians of that in order to calm them down.
Once again we are talking about 800,000 barrels a day. Aren't you reading my posts? There isn't a single refinery in the world that can handle that volume. You can't "just build a refinery".
The oil goes south to Texas where the capacity and ability exists to refine this kind of oil or it goes west to China. That's it. That's all. The only other option is to "shut in" the production. In other words, not produce the oil.