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In reply to the discussion: Thousands Surround Obama's White House: 'Stop Keystone XL!" [View all]naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)33. It's just economics
It's very cheap (and safer) to put it in a pipeline. You put it in the pipeline, and by managing the pressure it goes down the pipe on its own accord. It costs fuel and manpower and equipment to truck it, and its the same with rail (although rail is less costly than trucks)
If people are worried about the environment, just wait until there are 10,000 trucks on the road moving this stuff.
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unconventional gas development that President Obama supports is likely just as dangerous
Agony
Nov 2012
#7
Obama will approve the pipeline because he is a puppet of the oil industry and the big banks.
limpyhobbler
Nov 2012
#9
We need to protest more and more to counter the great power of the oil industry.
Overseas
Nov 2012
#11
So glad they are speaking out as we were all asked to do. Opposing dangerous oil for export.
Overseas
Nov 2012
#10
Oil sands projects are the fastest source of greenhouse gas production in Canada
Overseas
Nov 2012
#38
Sometimes harder to tell who is angrier at Obama's reelection: right wing kooks, or
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#34