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Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2022, 08:34 PM Mar 2022

Ask Magahats how many miles of Keystone was built while TFG was in office.

Answer: 1.4 miles on US territory and 93 miles on Canadian territory

How many miles of Keystone pipeline line was built and put into operation while Obama was President?

Answer: 2,687 miles on both US and Canadian territory.


"The Keystone Pipeline System stretches 2,687 miles, while Keystone XL was to be 1,210 miles in length. Keystone XL was designed to transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada, to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would connect with TC Energy's existing facilities, which extend to the Gulf Coast.

Almost from the start, Keystone XL faced opposition and delays. It became something of a political hot potato. The project was rejected under the administration of Barack Obama and revived by former President Donald Trump. On his first day in office, Biden issued an executive order that rescinded the construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, effectively stopping it.

When he did so, Keystone XL was far from complete. According to the Canada Energy Regulator, which regulates the Canadian portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline, some 93 miles (150 kilometers) of pipe had been installed by the end of 2020. That represents less than 30% of the Canadian portion of the pipeline, which was expected to be roughly 329 miles (530 kilometers) in length. An additional 1.4-mile (2.2-km) border crossing was completed in May 2020, encompassing the only section of the pipeline so far constructed in the U.S. In July, a U.S. Supreme Court decision further delayed the Keystone XL project. Taken together, those 94.4 miles are 8% of the 1,210 planned miles, meaning it was nowhere near complete when Biden took action against it."

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/03/fact-check-the-keystone-pipeline-was-not-just-about-completed-when-biden-stopped-it.html

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Ask Magahats how many miles of Keystone was built while TFG was in office. (Original Post) Kaleva Mar 2022 OP
Thanks for the info Kittycatkat Mar 2022 #1
It shut up my TFG loving FIL Kaleva Mar 2022 #2
I meant thanks for the ammo! Kittycatkat Mar 2022 #4
Great post. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #3

Caliman73

(11,725 posts)
3. Great post.
Tue Mar 8, 2022, 08:53 PM
Mar 2022

It will likely not matter to MagaHats. What you put out was a well sourced, logical discussion about the construction of the Keystone and Keystone XL pipeline. There for anyone who wants the actual facts.

Therein lies the problem. MagaHats are not looking for facts. They are looking for anything, reasoned or not, on which they can express hatred for President Biden and Liberals. It is almost completely emotional with them. Which is why Fox News never offers any real discussion about the pipeline, just distortions, outright lies, and a call to anger about how "liberals do nothing but destroy..."

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