Nebraska Governor Approves New Keystone Route

[Jroc]

Neb. governor erases White House talking point by approving Keystone pipeline route


If President Obama wants to continue blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, he’ll have to come up with a new justification, because the Nebraska governor has approved a new route for the project.

“I am writing today to inform you that the State of Nebraska has completed its evaluation of a process of a proposed reroute of TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline project through the State of Nebraska,” Gov. Dave Heineman, R-Neb., wrote to Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today. “I hereby, in accordance with [Nebraska law], approve the route reviewed in the Final Evaluation Report . . . I appreciate your attention to this matter.

Obama’s team pointed to Heineman when he put the kibosh on the pipeline last year. “Because of concerns expressed by numerous stakeholders, including the Republican governor of Nebraska, it was decided that an alternate route through Nebraska was necessary,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on January 18, 2012. “The choosing of that alternate route has not even been completed yet.”

The president’s environmentalist base, anticipating that Keystone would return as a second-term issue, said that Obama must block Keystone in order to keep yesterday’s inaugural speech pledge to fight global warming.

Neb. governor erases White House talking point by approving Keystone pipeline route | WashingtonExaminer.com

 

[Wry Catcher]

And this means ... Canada can ship their oil shale largess to China more cheaply?

 

[Jroc]

And this means ... Canada can ship their oil shale largess to China more cheaply?

It means American jobs if Obama chooses

 

[Wry Catcher]

And this means ... Canada can ship their oil shale largess to China more cheaply?

It means American jobs if Obama chooses

And Canada's oil shale making it's way to China more cheaply?

 

[uscitizen]

And a foreign owned company condemning US citizens private property for their pipeline.

 

[del]

and what's the problem with running an oil pipeline through the oglalla aquifer?

what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Old Rocks]

The sand hills of Nebraska are the chief area for charging the oglalla aquifer. Instead of running an oil pipeline there, we should be running pipelines and canals from our upper resovoirs on the Missouri and Mississippi and in wet years, like 2011, to those hills, and recharging that aquifer. Instead, contemplating a pipeline that if it were to break, could create a catastrophe.

 

[whitehall]

And this means ... Canada can ship their oil shale largess to China more cheaply?

It means American jobs if Obama chooses

And Canada's oil shale making it's way to China more cheaply?

You lost me. How will a Canadian oil pipeline to American refineries "make it's way to China"?

 

[Jroc]

It means American jobs if Obama chooses

And Canada's oil shale making it's way to China more cheaply?

You lost me. How will a Canadian oil pipeline to American refineries "make it's way to China"?

American steel workers building the pipeline, American companies refining the oil....Use your friken head

 

[Jroc]

The sand hills of Nebraska are the chief area for charging the oglalla aquifer. Instead of running an oil pipeline there, we should be running pipelines and canals from our upper resovoirs on the Missouri and Mississippi and in wet years, like 2011, to those hills, and recharging that aquifer. Instead, contemplating a pipeline that if it were to break, could create a catastrophe.

Pipelines are safer then tankers...get a clue

 

[rdean]

Remember when Republicans were saying this would create a MILLION new jobs? Now it's down to like "hundreds".

 

[Jroc]

Remember when Republicans were saying this would create a MILLION new jobs? Now it's down to like "hundreds".

10s of thousands is probably about right, although if we exploit all our energy reserves, millions of jobs and 100s of billions in revenue for your beloved federal government and the states

 

[rdean]

Remember when Republicans were saying this would create a MILLION new jobs? Now it's down to like "hundreds".

10s of thousands is probably about right, although if we exploit all our energy reserves, millions of jobs and 100s of billions in revenue for your beloved federal government and the states

Hilarious.

Did the Alaska Pipeline create tens of thousands? Do the research.

 

[Mr. H.]

and what's the problem with running an oil pipeline through the oglalla aquifer?

what could possibly go wrong?

Nothing as catastrophic that has been happening to the Ogallala for decades now.

Agriculture has long polluted and syphoned it. And the practice continues unabated.

 

[Mr. H.]

53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move ahead with the project just days after he promised in his inaugural address to respond vigorously to the threat of climate change.

A letter signed by 53 senators said Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's approval of a revised route through his state puts the long-delayed project squarely in the president's hands.

 

[del]

and what's the problem with running an oil pipeline through the oglalla aquifer?

what could possibly go wrong?

Nothing as catastrophic that has been happening to the Ogallala for decades now.

Agriculture has long polluted and syphoned it. And the practice continues unabated.

well then let's dump some oil into the mix, just for shits and grins.

 

[Reality91]

I'm not against this pipeline, if all the potential hazards are dealt with; then by all means.
But don't you for a moment think that the oil going through the pipeline will become gasoline that will go into your gas tank. It's going to the gulf refineries and then to a port for export, this is because the Canadian oil can't be exported for much of the year from Canadian ports. Those companies can fetch a much better price for their petrol and diesel than they can in the US. Just because the companies and refineries involved are in the US has little to do with where the end product is going. If they can fetch a better price for their oil derivatives outside the US, then they will sell it there.

 

[tjvh]

Remember when Republicans were saying this would create a MILLION new jobs? Now it's down to like "hundreds".

I remember Obama saying he was going to create new jobs too... Tell me again why unemployment is still at 7.9%?

 

[tjvh]

I hope the guys who lay the pipeline get the opportunity to club a few baby Seals which get in their way while they cut a giant swath through Nebraska.

 

[Mr. H.]

I'm not against this pipeline, if all the potential hazards are dealt with; then by all means.
But don't you for a moment think that the oil going through the pipeline will become gasoline that will go into your gas tank. It's going to the gulf refineries and then to a port for export, this is because the Canadian oil can't be exported for much of the year from Canadian ports. Those companies can fetch a much better price for their petrol and diesel than they can in the US. Just because the companies and refineries involved are in the US has little to do with where the end product is going. If they can fetch a better price for their oil derivatives outside the US, then they will sell it there.

And bravo to them for it. The quality of Canadian crude lends itself best to heavier "residual" type fuels. Diesel, heating oils, bunker fuels. These are in high demand overseas- not here at home. And yes they bring a higher price overseas.

We may not need this Canadian oil or its end products, but we sure as hell need jobs and hard cash. And that's what this project will bring.

The Keystone will also permit the dislodging of bloated inventories of domestic crude held in storage at various terminals in the midwest and near-west. It will increase marketing efficiencies and alleviate a long standing disparity in crude pricings in the U.S.

Many localized markets are receiving as much as $15/barrel below NYMEX because of these bottlenecks. This is as much an "infrastructure" project as anything.

And aren't Liberals braying for more efficient "infrastructure"?