Canada Pushes Ahead with Keystone XL Alternatives

[PoliticAverse]

A decision on whether to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline to be built in the U.S. could come at any time, but there are myriad other projects on the table designed to do exactly what Keystone XL was designed to do: transport Canadian tar sands oil to refineries.

Those pipelines, both in the U.S. and Canada, are being designed to move the oily bitumen produced from the tar sands to refineries in Texas and eastern Canada, and to ports on the Pacific Coast where the oil could be shipped to Asia.

Combined, the pipelines would be able to carry more than 3 million barrels of oil per day, far in excess of the 800,000 barrels per day that TransCanada’s Keystone XL is designed to carry.

Read the rest at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/canada-pushes-ahead-with-keystone-xl-alternatives/

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. Sad K&R for the truth

These evil fuckers always had plan B, plan C, plan D etc. etc. Failure to make a buck is not an option for them.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Followup: The Owners of the Keystone Pipeline Just Canceled a Project in Canada

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121444/transcanada-delays-energy-east-what-it-means-keystone-xl

[RiverLover]

4. Really encouraging news. Thanks for posting! /nt

[RiverLover]

3. TransCanada ads are playing on Youtube. Working on swaying public opinion everywhere.

I manage a sales territory so I drive a lot. I usually listen to podcasts, but yesterday I was listening to some youtube videos as I drove. Had the misfortune to be subjected to the following ad. They are really working on Americans turning in their favor with this one!