tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post2087298152556996739..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: Bummer: Keystone pipeline will "literally cut our country in half, carrying a very dangerous fuel, and it will cause runaway climate change"Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-70939934607700783572013-02-18T11:40:20.140-06:002013-02-18T11:40:20.140-06:00The irony of it is this:
Gulf Coast refineries n...The irony of it is this: <br />Gulf Coast refineries need that heavy oil. They are importing a lot from Venezuela and Mexico, but it would be cheaper and safer by pipeline from Canada. They still want the Canadian as Venezuela's production has dropped.<br />So, it is now being shipped by RAIL and by BARGES down the Mississippi! There are plans to ship it to Canada's West Coast and use supertankers (idled by restrictions of Alaska's output) to carry it through the Panama Canal (which will be widened by 2015) to the Gulf Coast.<br />So, banning the pipeline cheats Canada out of a lot of money, because the stuff is piling up in storage and has to be sold cheaper.<br /> AND it puts oil in three more expensive, far less efficient alternate transports.WestHoustonGeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277721431719180436noreply@blogger.com