Is it because you love oil? Because you think oil and oil companies are part of Team Republican? I mean, this isn't going to create significant jobs (maybe 5K US temp jobs and a few hundred permanent ones) and may even decrease jobs; this isn't going to lower gas prices and may only raise them; the oil is just being transported across the US instead of being used by us. Why are you hell bent on this happening?
Building the Keystone XL will bring 830,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude oil to the Gulf Coast where it will be made into gasoline, diesel or aviation fuel to be sold in the United States.
We're not pretending. Or it'll just be exported. Either way, how do we even benefit? Lower gas prices? Don't think so. http://www.thenation.com/blog/166399/keystone-xl-would-raise-gas-prices-not-lower-them AP Fact Check: In 36 Years Of Data, Not A Shred Of Evidence That Drilling Reduces Gas Prices http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012...of-evidence-that-drilling-reduces-gas-prices/
I would much rather purchase as much oil from country's which are allies than bankrolling the middle east muslim terrorists.
"Conservatives, why do you care about Keystone XL?" Taxcutter says: Because the US balance of payments will be positively affected by Keystone XL. Even if every drop of the Canadian syncrude is exported, the US still benefits. US refineries add value to the syncrude, and make a profit from that increase in value. A company in WV gets nickel ore from Canada and makes it into Monel and Inconel specialty metals and sells it all around the world. How it that any different from refineries in Texas taking syncrude and making it into gasoline? BTW, you liberal jokers have still not explained how Keystone XL will be one iota different from the tens of thousands of miles of pipelines that crisscross the Great Plains (including the Ogalalla Aquifer).
Nope, it is not our preferred blend. Most of it will be going overseas, particularly to Korea and Hispanic places. For me, we are reducing our number of refineries, which has negative national security implications in a time of major war. Keeping more refineries online is reason enough regardless of where the oil gets consumed. If need be, we can then nationalize the pipeline and all that is in it and pay Canada with Justin Beiber trading cards or something.
