On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:46:08 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:25:59 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:33:52 -0500, J Herring
wrote:

Nah, it couldn't happen, but it did:

http://tinyurl.com/b98va2x

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They haven't totally flipped out since they ended the article by
advocating for a carbon tax. I do agree with their premise however
that environmentalists are fighting the wrong battles. All too often
they go after soft targets that have no political backing as opposed
to going after the serious offenders.

I agree, they assume that if the XL pipeline is not built, Canada will
abandon their oil industry.
They would just build another pipeline to the coast somewhere else.
The US could use the work and the royalties on the oil that they ship.
I assume a lot of that oil would be refined here and we would make
money on that too. Who knows, more supply might even push the price
down a little.

They don't have to build it across our country. The jobs it would add
are minimal, and it would have nothing to do with the price in next 10
years at a minimum. Besides it pumping the absolute filthiest kind of
oil.