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In reply to the discussion: Obama Administration APPROVES Keystone XL Key Infrastructure Component. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 30, 2013, 03:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Just a brief slice of the history of Canadian tar sand - bitumen -dilbit pipelines that are already in existance:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024107740#post89
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024107740#post90
You cannot prove that the discussions are not about an already deteriorating pipeline that has been in operation for decades. It is supposition and not even logical to assume there isn't anything else on the books.
Why make such a claim?
As far as 'What is Canada doing?'
Isn't that obvious?
They are doing what they have done for decades. They are selling their resource, and these mixtures have been flowing throught the USA for decades, per the articles I linked but you didn't comment on.
Canada and Mexico are the two countries we import the most oil from and have for decades. There is nothing new going on here. The infrastructure is there, and this entire country is criss crossed with pipelines of all kinds and always has been.
Not that I like it, and have more than once protested new ones. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is something wrong with wholesale disregarding the facts to make a smear based on opinion that doesn't meet the test of logic or history or facts.
To ignore what is already in place, in order to make the accusation you are making, is not credible.
JMHO. Good luck on your next OP.