Keystone XL Updates

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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    The comments sent Monday to the State Department come as the House prepares to vote next week and send to President Barack Obama's desk a bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The Senate voted 62-36 last week to build the $8 billion project that would connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast. That vote was short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto the White House has promised.

    http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/02/03/house-to-vote-next-week-on-keystone-pipeline
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Rumours are that Obama is only against Keystone because Warren Buffet is one of his main campaign donors and bought a bunch of rail company stock and wants to make some money moving that oil before the pipeline is built
    People I know in the pipeline industry have worked on Keystone.
    I really don't care if it ever gets built, the oil is coming out of the ground and will get to your refineries one way or the other.
    You will still support Arab dictators who treat women like garbage by buying their oil. I mean, without oil,the Arab states would be in the Stone Age in all other ways besides Human Rights.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    This may have nothing to do with the Keystone XL, but it has everything to do with renewable energy and running an entire city on the power of renewables.

    http://to.pbs.org/1u1opY7
    Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

    Burlington, Vermont, the state's largest city, recently became the first in the country to use 100 percent renewable energy for its residents' electricity needs. In a state known for socially conscious policies, the feat represents a milestone in the growing green energy movement. NewsHour's William Brangham reports on the implications for the country's green movement.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,426
    How do you like those oil prices now?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mickeyrat said:

    How do you like those oil prices now?

    Went to visit friends in San Francisco and for got to fill up before hand and had to get gas the city sooooo... not so good, :lol:
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,426
    edited October 2015
    brianlux said:

    mickeyrat said:

    How do you like those oil prices now?

    Went to visit friends in San Francisco and for got to fill up before hand and had to get gas the city sooooo... not so good, :lol:
    but it seems now the only projects continuing up north are the ones far enough along to justify finishing. Those and the wells already producing.
    Shell and others have given up on the sands. At least for the forseeable future.
    I still say they should build their own refineries. WE wouldn't see shit for it anyway. Refiners would, but they seem to be busy enough without it.
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited October 2015
    I'm ok with it all actually. The more I thought about it, I think we should worry about securing our own energy future rather than the United States.
    In addition, we will also be sure to keep all of our fresh water and other natural resources you will so strongly desire in the coming decades.

    We don't want to Burden you with anything you might need that is only good for own financial gain :smiley:

    Our new PM is for Keystone yet in favour of climate change measures. Interesting really.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,426
    correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldnt that oil and or refined product be sold on the world market? Benefitting the companies that extracted and refined it? Not sure how another countries petro products would secure OUR energy future. No one has rightly explained that one to me.

    As for the fresh water, the lakes are shared and conserved cooperatively.
    SO go suck a hockey puck.
    Thanks for busting stereotypes though. Awesome stuff.

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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155

    We will get the oil out of the ground, refine it and keep it for ourselves. Why worry about securing the US (or the world's) energy future. We need to worry about us.
    I thought this was an anti-pipeline thread. I was agreeing with everyone.
    Not interested in piping anything to the US. Including our fresh water (lakes are not shared unless they cross the border) and if you want the Great Lakes water you can have it ALL :lol:
    The most polluted disgusting lakes I have ever seen, especially Erie.

    And you had better be careful, telling people to "suck a hockey puck" and then accusing them of "stereotypes" is the definition of the pot calling the kettle black :smiley:
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,426
    Keystone application officially denied
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  • brianlux
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    Thank you President Obama!!!
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Mr. Lux
    Have a read on this Canadian take.
    Would like to know your take.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/keystone-obama-neil-macdonald-1.3308385
  • brianlux
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    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Mr. Lux
    Have a read on this Canadian take.
    Would like to know your take.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/keystone-obama-neil-macdonald-1.3308385

    Interesting article (yes, I read the whole thing). Things that stand out for me:

    "Harper called Keystone's approval a "no brainer," which implies that anyone with a brain, like Obama, wouldn't say no." This statement struck me like an M.C. Escher drawing.

    "Anyway, it was all local American politics in the end, despite Obama's high-handed rhetoric today about leading the way and saving the planet and keeping Canada's "dirtier oil" out of America." Some local politics were involved, yes, and that's great. But much of the effort to stop Keystone XL came from international groups as well such as 350.org.

    "Some of my neighbours [sic] when I lived in Washington had four or five cars, and nobody really took home insulation seriously. Energy taxes there are political poison." Well, you really can't expect the nation's capitol or its inhabitants to be free of hypocrisy now can you? I don't.

    "Trudeau, like Obama, clearly sees himself as a planet-saver." And somebody somewhere has a bridge for sale.

    "Hillary Clinton openly intended to kill it if Obama didn't." First thing that comes to mind is Kurt Vonnegut Jr's expression, "Hi ho!"

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Today Bill McKibben sent out a message to 350.org members regarding the rejection of Keystone XL and in it he said these things:

    "Make no mistake: this victory belongs to us, the movement."

    "Politicians in Washington DC didn't make this happen. Our movement did."

    "Resistance is growing because the fossil fuel industry is more reckless than ever: from Texas where the Southern leg of Keystone XL pumps toxic tar sands, to Alberta where Big Oil foolishly plans to expand its mines, to California where they want to frack during a historic drought, to the
    enormous coal pits of Appalachia and Australia."

    "We have more tools than ever to work with. A strong fossil fuel resistance is already taking shape across the globe."

    "This isn't just a victory for the climate movement -- it's a victory for everyone who believes in the power of organized people."

    And I would add that in the long run, we will all benefit from this decision. Now maybe we can continue the work of moving toward lowered non-renewable resource consumption combined with an increased development of renewable, cleaner energy sources.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    brianlux said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Mr. Lux
    Have a read on this Canadian take.
    Would like to know your take.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/keystone-obama-neil-macdonald-1.3308385

    Interesting article (yes, I read the whole thing). Things that stand out for me:

    "Harper called Keystone's approval a "no brainer," which implies that anyone with a brain, like Obama, wouldn't say no." This statement struck me like an M.C. Escher drawing.

    "Anyway, it was all local American politics in the end, despite Obama's high-handed rhetoric today about leading the way and saving the planet and keeping Canada's "dirtier oil" out of America." Some local politics were involved, yes, and that's great. But much of the effort to stop Keystone XL came from international groups as well such as 350.org.

    "Some of my neighbours [sic] when I lived in Washington had four or five cars, and nobody really took home insulation seriously. Energy taxes there are political poison." Well, you really can't expect the nation's capitol or its inhabitants to be free of hypocrisy now can you? I don't.

    "Trudeau, like Obama, clearly sees himself as a planet-saver." And somebody somewhere has a bridge for sale.

    "Hillary Clinton openly intended to kill it if Obama didn't." First thing that comes to mind is Kurt Vonnegut Jr's expression, "Hi ho!"

    Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.
    Your input on this latest decision weighs more than anyone I know "in real life".
    cheers
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    brianlux said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Mr. Lux
    Have a read on this Canadian take.
    Would like to know your take.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/keystone-obama-neil-macdonald-1.3308385

    Interesting article (yes, I read the whole thing). Things that stand out for me:

    "Harper called Keystone's approval a "no brainer," which implies that anyone with a brain, like Obama, wouldn't say no." This statement struck me like an M.C. Escher drawing.

    "Anyway, it was all local American politics in the end, despite Obama's high-handed rhetoric today about leading the way and saving the planet and keeping Canada's "dirtier oil" out of America." Some local politics were involved, yes, and that's great. But much of the effort to stop Keystone XL came from international groups as well such as 350.org.

    "Some of my neighbours [sic] when I lived in Washington had four or five cars, and nobody really took home insulation seriously. Energy taxes there are political poison." Well, you really can't expect the nation's capitol or its inhabitants to be free of hypocrisy now can you? I don't.

    "Trudeau, like Obama, clearly sees himself as a planet-saver." And somebody somewhere has a bridge for sale.

    "Hillary Clinton openly intended to kill it if Obama didn't." First thing that comes to mind is Kurt Vonnegut Jr's expression, "Hi ho!"

    Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.
    Your input on this latest decision weighs more than anyone I know "in real life".
    cheers
    Hey, thanks! Cheers and a good weekend to you!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Does keystone now get the approval that has been talked about so much over the last few years?
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    lukin2006 said:

    Does keystone now get the approval that has been talked about so much over the last few years?

    Yes
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    SAD!
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    Party On, Dudes!

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