Keystone XL Pipeline
Jun 1, 2012 22:19:04 #
I am just wondering how you folk who live in the effected states feel about this pipeline coming through from Alberta to the Gulf coast. I don't really care so much about your political agendas. I'd prefer your thoughts on how you feel environmentally if there was a spill or if you have concerns about environment or health issues. After all, the pipe won't run through my neighborhood in Ohio and its not my eyesore.That doesn't mean I'm ambivalent. Just want to know how those who are directly affected feel.
Jun 1, 2012 23:43:57 #
Interesting question. The pipeline won't be anywhere near me either, but I too would like to hear the thoughts and concerns of those who will be living with it.
Jun 1, 2012 23:54:47 #
When I was a kid, I-90 construction cut through my dads pasture. I would much rather have a pipeline.
Jun 2, 2012 06:05:00 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
That pipeline won't effect probably 1% of the people ... All this BS on it is totally political.........
A Freeging joke....
A Freeging joke....
Jun 2, 2012 07:56:56 #
donrent wrote:
That pipeline won't effect probably 1% of the people ... All this BS on it is totally political.........
A Freeging joke....
A Freeging joke....
Ditto that............
Jun 2, 2012 08:56:47 #
Thanks, Donrent and Archy. But you both live in Florida and you would not be one of the 50 people out of 5,000 who would have to look at this or be concerned what a tornado would do to it.....just sayin'.
Jun 2, 2012 09:12:43 #
donrent wrote:
That pipeline won't effect probably 1% of the people ... All this BS on it is totally political.........
A Freeging joke....
A Freeging joke....
The original route was a bit problematic as it was going through the aquifer. I can see why some of the farmers were upset. Now it is going around it and the problems with it now are all political. We had a pipeline go through our farmland in South Dakota. Did not have a problem with it. I would much rather pay a decent price for gasoline. Instead of worrying about what may break in the future, why don't we concentrate of fixing what is broke right now; like our country. And I do mean 'broke'.
Jun 2, 2012 09:43:02 #
I've read where most, if not all, of this oil will be exported and and will not benefit us at all, with the exceptions of the oil companies, of course.
Jun 2, 2012 10:09:41 #
woody54895 wrote:
I've read where most, if not all, of this oil will be exported and and will not benefit us at all, with the exceptions of the oil companies, of course.
The main benefit is putting people to work building it.
Jun 2, 2012 10:25:41 #
Build it .... with safety features to minimize leaks. We're better off being partners with Canada than with any other oil producing country in the world.
Jun 2, 2012 10:57:20 #
woody54895 wrote:
I've read where most, if not all, of this oil will be exported and and will not benefit us at all, with the exceptions of the oil companies, of course.
You hit the nail right on the head. None of this oil will be used domestically just like the oil leaving Alaska and going to Japan. We give tax breaks to the oil companies so they can make more money without ever getting any of the benefits originally stipulated for in the planning and political presentations and rhetoric to get approvals. Personally, I think the oil company subsidies should be halted.
Jun 2, 2012 11:25:38 #
What's the difference in the spill of oil on land, or the spill of oil on the Gulf Coast a couple years ago or the nuclear spill from Japan where some of the waste from it has washed ashore on the West Coast? Look at all the oil and chemical refineries in cities where they have explosions or let off chemicals in the air. We breath deadly chemicals daily, whether it's from auto exhaust or from paper mills. We happen to live in a world of modern times. It's not like when we were sheltered in the horse and buggy days.
Jun 2, 2012 11:28:44 #
I remember that in the 1970's when domestic oil sold for less than imported oil the oil companies loaded up tankers in Texas shipped it a few miles to Mexico and then trucked it back to the US as foreign oil.
something is just not right about that.
something is just not right about that.
Jun 2, 2012 11:30:37 #
Mattie wrote:
What's the difference in the spill of oil on land,... (show quote)
There is technology available to clean the air. The paper mill in Panama City FL did that years ago.
Jun 2, 2012 11:34:08 #
carlysue wrote:
I am just wondering how you folk who live in the e... (show quote)
My best friend has a portion of this pipeline running through his land in rural Oklahoma and he doesn't have anything at all negative to say about it. It's my understanding that one of the major obstacles to it was going through a major water aquifer in Nebraska but evidently they have plans to route around that area now and that phase of the pipeline from Nebraska to southern Texas should be completed in the next couple of years. I am including a link to information on this issue which I found to be informative and enlightening for myself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline
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