any jobs created these days are in the legal system and "environmental" issues.. from sordid numbers of litigants suing to stifle or obstruct 'progress' and saved the 3 headed beetle. or whatever the flavor of endangered species is that month..
Teamsters vs. environmentalists. Could we hope for a little street education?
Go west with the pipe line , sell to China and China can sell to USA at a profit ,everyone wins , Oh, sorry USA LOL
Would it be cheaper and less problems if they just built a new refinery at the site of the oil?
Oil industry makes economic pitch for Keystone XL pipeline to Gulf
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/08/18/oil-industry-makes-economic-pitch-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-gulf/
The oil industry is hoping support from organized labor — and the promise of 20,000 construction jobs — will help convince the Obama administration to sign off on a pipeline that would transport crude oil harvested in Alberta, Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.
Industry leaders teamed up with organized labor today to tout the projected economic benefits of the project, which is fiercely opposed by environmental advocates.
“With the U.S. economy still struggling, nothing is more important than jobs, and construction of the pipeline would mean massive numbers of them,” said American Petroleum Institute Refining Issues Manager Cindy Schild in a conference call with reporters.
Screw the unions.
If the amer-Indians don’t want the leasing payments that the pipeline would produce. Maybe they can put up a bunch of windmills to kill the wild birds etc. All those beautiful landscapes GONE.
BTW how many massive environmental tragedies has the Alaska Pipeline caused?
I think I’m all for this pipeline. But two things come to mind as I read this...
Why do they intend to put the pipeline UNDER ground? above ground is more sensible.
And secondly...why does it need to be refined in texas? why not refine it in north dakota? There’s already a booming oil industry there. I say throw up a couple refineries in north dakota and do it there.
Luddites!
Screw the envirowacos. We got lots more problems around than protecting some freekin mouse, grasshopper or striped slug. We got people losing their retirement, homes, jobs, etc. These mamby pamby tree huggers need to get a grip & step out of the way. May then, when WE set things right again, they can go back to navel grazing.
When it comes to the EPA, creating 20,000 jobs takes a backseat to moving a finch’s nest or inconveniencing a bear.
“Six California activists are driving from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. as part of a “No Tar Sands Caravan” that leaves Sunday.”
Is it me or is it hypocritical for environmentalists to use up all that gas and create all those greenhouse gases to attend a protect across country concerning possible global warming issues? Would it not be better, and make them look better in the process, to just stay home?
This may be a silly question but why must the oil be piped from Canada to TX? Seems to me that just eats away at the profits and makes the EROI ratio less.
Do environmentalists get off on being wrong?
TransCanada gets Keystone green light
The U.S. State Department has concluded TransCanada Corp.’s (TRP-T41.63——%) Keystone XL project will not cause undue environmental impacts, paving the way for likely approval of $7-billion project after a 90-day comment period.