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Our refineries are antiques. they are inefficient. Why not invest the $$ in building some in the border states and bring the oil pipeline to there, instead of this eyesore the height of the country?
We do not need a pipeline like this. He is right to kill it. The repugs are unhappy because now they don't get their pay outs. pity!
No, 50,000 isn't a huge number of jobs for a year. Its actually quite small, and that was actually during the building process, the actual number for day to day operations was much smaller then that.
Now, you are technically right, the thing has been in review for three years.
But the first 2.5 years was on a route that was cancelled just a few months back. Then they had to come up with an alternative route, survey it, that took time. So the hurried timeline is a valid argument, although I think it isn't genuine myself.
Our refineries are antiques. they are inefficient. Why not invest the $$ in building some in the border states and bring the oil pipeline to there, instead of this eyesore the height of the country?
We do not need a pipeline like this. He is right to kill it. The repugs are unhappy because now they don't get their pay outs. pity!
Because the Left, the environmentalists, the democrats have OPPOSED building new refineries.
Obama is banking on persuading enough voters that his desire to protect a particularly environmentally sensitive part of Nebraska trumps building the pipeline along a route that alarmed environmentalists and even some Nebraska Republicans.
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Our refineries are antiques. they are inefficient. Why not invest the $$ in building some in the border states and bring the oil pipeline to there, instead of this eyesore the height of the country?
We do not need a pipeline like this. He is right to kill it. The repugs are unhappy because now they don't get their pay outs. pity!
If you had a refinery capable of of doing this refining sitting 20 miles from the Canadian border here in the states we would still be having this discussion. The only reason that the State Department is involved in this to begin with is because it is crossing our national border....
Political name calling doesn't serve any purpose, nor make your point. Both sides are getting cash from this... make no doubt.
No, 50,000 isn't a huge number of jobs for a year. Its actually quite small, and that was actually during the building process, the actual number for day to day operations was much smaller then that.
Sorry, but for ONE project, 50,000 jobs is a HUGE number.
Now, you are technically right, the thing has been in review for three years.
But the first 2.5 years was on a route that was cancelled just a few months back. Then they had to come up with an alternative route, survey it, that took time. So the hurried timeline is a valid argument, although I think it isn't genuine myself.
You're right it isn't genuine, nothing is from this president. No, the WHOLE route wasn't cancelled, just a SMALL segment of the pipeline needed an alternative route.
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