MOUNTAINS.
They are in favor of building a pipeline to the port
The majority are not.
Sending oil by pipeline to a refining center, in order to send it by tanker to another refining center would be Obama level stupidity.
But, of course, that is EXACTLY what they do in Alaska, me boy. With way more capacity than the XL. And that is what they do in Houston.
Unless the oil companies are stupider than you, which is not really possible, refining takes place once. The refined product is shipped after that point, obviously. So, you bring crude to the point of either a refinery, or a shipping location. They can be either, or both. But crude is processed one time. THEN, THE REFINED PRODUCTS (GASOLINE, DIESEL, HEATING OIL, ETC.) ARE SHIPPED FROM THERE. By ship (primarily), train, or truck.
Take alaska. It is brought by pipeline to Valdez. It is not refined in Valdez, me boy. It is loaded on ships and sent to various refineries. The first in NE Washington state, though some goes to Japan and China. And a large part goes on to California.
So, by the way, the oil coming from Alberta and S. Dakota useing the XL pipeline would be a very small portion of the US oil. It would be more Canadian. But overall, no really big deal.
Liberals think they are piping it to a port to load in into tankers.
Because liberals are clueless.
Not at all, me boy. Because liberals are smart. That is exactly what they do in Valdez, Alaska. Rational people believe that. You are clueless if you think that the product, and the raw material, are not shipped from terminus locations with refineries to other locations, worldwide. Read some, it is amazing what you can learn.
Actually, because that is mostly what the XL pipeline would do. Pipe crude to Houston, where it would be refined, then loaded into tankers to be distributed worldwide. You see, tankers are not refineries. I say that because I once had a con on this board tell me I was stupid for not knowing crude was refined on tankers. But oil is commonly brought to refineries by ship, or by pipeline, and refined product is often transported by tankers to other parts of the world. As is crude, in some cases. You see, trucks and trains do not work well trans ocean.