House Democrats: We can’t build Keystone XL ’cause we need to keep 80% of our resources below ground

Hotair ^ | 03/14/2014 | Erika Johnsen

[Don Corleone]

Ignorant Luddites!

[Don Corleone]

Ignorant Luddites!

[lepton]

If the United States is truly committed to avoiding a 2 degree temperature increase,

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They’re conceding that we may be talking about just 2 degrees now?

[IC Ken]

And isn't George Soro invested in the railroads?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: And isn’t George Soro invested in the railroads?

Don’t know about Soros, but I do know that Warren Buffet owns a huge chunk of Burlington Northern.

However Buffet did say he was FOR approval of Keystone XL.

[Noamie]

Was this Representative Golem, perhaps?

“my preeeeeeeciousssssssssssssssss....”

[smoothsailing]

The thought that we can become self-sufficient as a nation and dependent on no one just terrifies the Democrats to no end.

[mulligan]

So many fools in one place.

[luvbach1]

And these are the “progressives?”

[TigersEye]

0bamacrats are committed to America's failure.

[hal ogen]

LIBs/DIMs are completely, utterly insane. Those who elect these pinheaded morons also have significant problems in judgement.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: And these are the “progressives?”

These are actually the “regressives”.

[alloysteel]

Well, isn’t that just mighty pious of them? Leaving the resources in the ground is supposed to “preserve” them for future generations, but what is the rationale for the resources to be extracted then?

Petroleum became the big resource it was because another resource was coming in very short supply, whale oil that was used for lamplight. Kerosene was so much cheaper, and widely available, that the whale oil industry disappeared almost overnight. And with it, of course, the extreme pressure on the population of whales.

Of course, the world has never gone back to the hunting of whales for the oil content, even as the price of petroleum has been driven inexorably higher. But there has been much expanded use of natural gas, which used to be a “useless” byproduct of petroleum extraction.

That is the point - what is now considered to be “waste” or “trash” could very well be tomorrow’s new energy resource, and the misplaced desire to “preserve” Nature’s bounty actually depresses the economy, destroying innovation and application.

[onthegulf]

And they actually vote these people into office, GOD HELP US.

[GraceG]

Maybe we would all be better off just starting to build an underground (literally) society....

We would have plenty of fuel, heat, and water....

Drill deep enough and you can get geothermal energy to run green houses and power industry in making more equipment to dig out tunnels and build structures underground....

We could build a giagantic civilisation underground and away from Big brother’s eyes....

We could feed the excess food to the dolts living up top until their brains shrink tot he size of cattle and eat them... wait I was thiking of HG wells the tiem machine......

But seriously, we would be safe from thermonuclear events, solar events, gamma ray burtsts, floods, volcanic eputions, maybe not earthquakes, but not a bad trade when consider the toher things that can kill humans....

We would only have to fight against the Morlocks and the Reptoids who live underground and I think if we kept to ourselves we would be alright....

[GraceG]

[ Don’t know about Soros, but I do know that Warren Buffet owns a huge chunk of Burlington Northern.

However Buffet did say he was FOR approval of Keystone XL. ]

Buffett probably just needed a delay so he could position himself for building the pipeline.....

This way he can run his choo choos full of oil one way and full of pipeline building materials the other direction and end up owning the damn pipeline inthe process....

[Former Proud Canadian]

Worth saying twice, but you insult ignorant luddites. These people are stupid beyond belief.

What kind of people vote for these idiots?

[andyk]

We urge you to reject the pipeline and keep tar sands oil in the ground where it belongs

You f'in morons. The oil is coming out whether you like it or not. The question is, will you allow it to be transported in the safest way possible, oh merciful masters?

[Teacher317]

My short discussion with liberals on this topic start with a simple question: Do you think we will have alternative energy sources as our primary energy sources in the next 40 years?
Virtually every one will say "yes" (as would many on the Right).
Then my machine gun reply:
So demand for fossil fuels will be greatly diminished? Yes
So the price and value of fossil fuels will be greatly diminished? Yes (many will reply with a gleam in their eye)
So one day, likely in our children's lifetime, we will not need fossil fuels at all? Praise Mother Gaia, YES!
So fossil fuels will be worthless then? Yes.
But fossil fuels under US soil are currently worth trillions today? Um, yes.
And leaving them there until they are worthless would simply waste many trillions of dollars of national treasure? Well, yes but...
And with more sources being found almost every month, we could not possibly drill or produce every bit of it in the next 40 years, even if we started today, right? True...
So no matter what happens, we will have some underground supply of fossil fuels? Yes.
Then you agree that we should use what we have now, when it is at its peak value, and use those trillions of dollars for creating jobs and maximizing tax revenues, so that we can get to alternative energy sources that much sooner, with as much benefit from those fossil fuels as possible, before they are worthless, right? Yes, well, no. Huh? I don't... You're just a racist imperialist pig. I'm going home.