The Benefits and Drawbacks of the Keystone XL Pipeline

I do not see any way this is going to reduce America's Energy Dependence on foreign oil.

It is for the benefit of Canadian oil companies and investors and at the expense of America and its citizens.

It is just increased our dirty oil for the oil company profits.

Oil to be shipped out of this country to foreign countries.

Put a very large tax on it and on the oil that is being exported out of the USA. We export lots of oil for other countries.

DO it NOW.

willy n of AZ 3:08PM October 22, 2012

In addition to my above comment. Look what is happening to all the oil above Alaska. BP has it all. Our workers risk their lives in -60 degree weather and BP owns it. Will America politicians and billionaires sell us "down the drain." Stop!

Karen McLaury scott of AL 11:29PM February 18, 2012

jim i love people whose minds are run by science fact and logic unfettered by political affiliation or religious delusions, i being a steam turbine mechanic , and millwright could give you a few more pointers and facts that most will never know, about the power generation industry, we will discuss this subject sometime over coffee.

david raye of MO 6:58AM February 14, 2012

Nonsense about international buyers for Canadian oil.

Refineries there now rely on overseas imports that are increasingly being tapped by China and India. That can’t happen to the same degree to Canadian crude — all because of NAFTA.

The trade deal includes a “proportionality clause” that bars Canada from reducing its oil and gas shipments to the U. S. while increasing its domestic supply.

“We looked at whether Canada could reduce exports for the sake of conservation or environmental policy . . . or even for household heating. We cannot,” said John Dillon, co-author of a report on the issue published by the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

But Canada might want to change all that if American politicians insist on renegotiating the trade deal.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Obama — who called NAFTA “devastating” and “a big mistake” during his campaign against Clinton — softened his criticism once he clinched the Democratic nomination.

PC 8:16PM January 04, 2012