Obama Administration Delays Pipeline Decision

[curlycool89]

Story

The U.S. State Department said it is delaying a decision on TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline to study an alternative route for the $7 billion project away from environmentally sensitive areas in Nebraska.

Evaluating a revised route will postpone a final ruling on the pipeline, which has drawn support from business groups and protests from environmentalists, until after the 2012 election.

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I don’t even think I have to say “this is a stupid move”.

 

[estesbob]

Story

The U.S. State Department said it is delaying a decision on TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline to study an alternative route for the $7 billion project away from environmentally sensitive areas in Nebraska.

Evaluating a revised route will postpone a final ruling on the pipeline, which has drawn support from business groups and protests from environmentalists, until after the 2012 election.

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I don’t even think I have to say “this is a stupid move”.

Once more Obama votes “present”

 

[Califman831]

I can foresee the cost of the pipeline far surpasses its 7 billion dollar estimate and possibly never being built so mr obama can bow down before the green wackos

 

[jediliz]

considering this would be going through parts of MY home state, in the western portion of it…I say GOOD…they need to make sure they have all safety precautions in place and find a route that won’t damage the ecosystem. The Sandhills of Nebraska are beautiful and I don’t want them ruined by having a pipeline running through them.

 

[curlycool89]

I can foresee the cost of the pipeline far surpasses its 7 billion dollar estimate and possibly never being built so mr obama can bow down before the green wackos

Yep. We’ll just see the oil the China instead, and you guys can buy yours from “friendly” countries like Venezuela, or the Middle East (which given the shipping, will probably be less environmentally friendly that what we’d give you).

 

[Monte_RCMS]

If Obama wins re-election in 2012, there will be NO pipeline built.

The pipeline would carry oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S.

So, either NO new oil source OR, Canada would build refineries in Canada and the people of the United States would purchase the final products [gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, asphalt] by the tanker truck load from Canada … a VERY expensive way to buy energy.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

He is a profile in courage.

 

[captainmike]

our country is broken beyond repair. the red states need to secede. no joke.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

our country is broken beyond repair. the red states need to secede. no joke.

The Founding Fathers were geniuses, but they didn’t forsee mega cities. In the last election, all of northern California practically speaking was red. Only the big cities were blue. As a result, we have no voice.

 

[captainmike]

The Founding Fathers were geniuses, but they didn’t forsee mega cities. In the last election, all of northern California practically speaking was red. Only the big cities were blue. As a result, we have no voice.

true.

seriously, let’s say to the left, “take whichever side of the mississippi you want, and we will take the other side.”

check back in 100 years and see which side is freer, stronger, more prosperous, and more Christian. no doubt which one will be better in all ways.

 

[Tsuwano]

considering this would be going through parts of MY home state, in the western portion of it…I say GOOD…they need to make sure they have all safety precautions in place and find a route that won’t damage the ecosystem. The Sandhills of Nebraska are beautiful and I don’t want them ruined by having a pipeline running through them.

Exactly! As a native of Louisiana which has suffered its share of degredation from oil companies, I think it is wise to be very cautious about anything where oil and gas are concerned. I don’t want to see the Sandhills ruined anymore than a Nebraskan. Do the homework first, then build. In the long run, the amount of money saved by not having a disaster is more than would otherwise be spent.

 

[Darryl1958]

If Obama wins re-election in 2012, there will be NO pipeline built.

The pipeline would carry oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S.

So, either NO new oil source OR, Canada would build refineries in Canada and the people of the United States would purchase the final products [gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, asphalt] by the tanker truck load from Canada … a VERY expensive way to buy energy.

It is very difficult to build a refinery in Canada now too.
Not that as a Canadian I would have a problem adding value to the American product before sales, but the environmental movement in Canada is often at least as strong as it is in the US.
It is very difficult to not get wrapped up in red tape which is there more to stop development than to regulate it.

 

[JimG]

“Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, said the move would “inflict a potentially fatal delay to a project that is not just a pipeline, but is a lifeline for thousands of desperate working men and women. The administration chose to support environmentalists over jobs—job-killers win, American workers lose.””
Source: online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577030093417692560.html

 

[bellasbane]

“A portion of the 1,700-mile pipeline would pass through Nebraska’s Sandhills region and the massive Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to eight states.”
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-mulls-route-canada-oil-pipeline-14915327#.TryhvfRVfkU

A pipeline spill into the Ogallala aquifer would be disastrous. The current route would put the health of millions of men, women and children at risk. After what happened in the Yellowstone River, I can understand the need to find an alternative route. You can’t risk poisoning people.

 

[Monte_RCMS]

Exactly! As a native of Louisiana which has suffered its share of degredation from oil companies, I think it is wise to be very cautious about anything where oil and gas are concerned. I don’t want to see the Sandhills ruined anymore than a Nebraskan. Do the homework first, then build. In the long run, the amount of money saved by not having a disaster is more than would otherwise be spent.

That’s ok.

Folks in the midwest can just drive their electric cars.

 

[Wolseley]

Once more Obama votes “present”

Indeed. The man is incapable of making a decision unless told what to say or do by consulting everybody from the UN to the White House janitor. What a waste.

I can foresee the cost of the pipeline far surpasses its 7 billion dollar estimate and possibly never being built so mr obama can bow down before the green wackos

He continually panders to every fringe group in America.

If Obama wins re-election in 2012, there will be NO pipeline built.

That’s a given.

our country is broken beyond repair. the red states need to secede. no joke.

And send Obama over to their side. They can keep him.

seriously, let’s say to the left, “take whichever side of the mississippi you want, and we will take the other side.”

I’ve been saying this for years, excpet I would say we will keep the vast majority of the country, and the left can have a reservation somewhere—maybe the old Nevada A-bomb test site would be a good place to keep them.

“Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, said the move would “inflict a potentially fatal delay to a project that is not just a pipeline, but is a lifeline for thousands of desperate working men and women. The administration chose to support environmentalists over jobs—job-killers win, American workers lose.””
Source: online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577030093417692560.html

Note to the unions: Do not vote for this idiot, HE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND.

That’s ok.

Folks in the midwest can just drive their electric cars.

Or walk—that’s what Obama and his gang are aiming for anyway. Remember: they don’t want the United States to be any more remarkable or exceptional than Bangladesh or Darfur. You don’t see people in those countries driving everywhere, do you?

Of course not. They walk.

 

[SamH]

“A portion of the 1,700-mile pipeline would pass through Nebraska’s Sandhills region and the massive Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to eight states.”
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-mulls-route-canada-oil-pipeline-14915327#.TryhvfRVfkU

A pipeline spill into the Ogallala aquifer would be disastrous. The current route would put the health of millions of men, women and children at risk. After what happened in the Yellowstone River, I can understand the need to find an alternative route. You can’t risk poisoning people.

Because it will be like the Alaskan pipeline that has despoiled millions of acres of land and interupted the natural flow of wild life migration…

Oh wait…

mrc.org/bmi/news/2006/Alaska_Pipeline_Doomsayings_Revisited.html

 

[Darryl1958]

Pipelines have been in use for years now. There are risks in not building a pipeline too.

 

[Roselle]

For the American people this is sad to see. The project had already been approved, and now the President found a way to delay it till after the election. The President already does not appear to know how to create jobs. First he told us about shovel ready jobs - that didn’t turn out to be shovel ready. Then we were told about the enormous amounts of “green jobs” he could create. That was a bust - with now the appearance of fraud and crony capitalism involved when it came to picking which companies received government funds. Investigations are underway.

And now for political convenience the President delays the building of the pipe line from Alberta to buy votes. This political decision puts off 20,000 direct jobs that could be created quickly in this hurting, high unemployment economy! With an additional 500,000 possibly indirect jobs supporting the project.

Chicago politics at its worst.

“Obama Punts Pipeline Decision to 2013”

commentarymagazine.com/2011/11/10/obama-pipeline-decision-keystone-xl/

snippet:

Environmental activists are claiming victory, but they shouldn’t crack out the champagne yet. Based on the timing and thin reasoning, President Obama clearly seems to have based this decision on election strategy as opposed to environmental interests. Now he can wink at the unions while telling the environmentalists that he hears their concerns, and keep both sides hanging on until after the presidential election.

That’s 20,000 jobs down the drain:

For months, the conventional wisdom had been that a presidential permit for Keystone XL was inevitable; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in October 2010 that she was “inclined” to approve it because it was better to get oil from Canada than from less-friendly nations. The State Department then released a final supplemental environmental assessment in August stating that TransCanada’s proposed route is the preferred option.

But the environmentalist protests led by 350.org activist Bill McKibben, as well as opposition in Republican-friendly Nebraska to the proposed route, seem to have led the administration to delay the decision.

 

[vz71]

I cannot blame him this decision. It is the only one left that is in any way logical.

The votes from conservative republicans and small business owners are already written off.
But votes from the radical environmental groups are still up for grabs.

So it makes perfect sense that he would forsake the economy for the environment.
He is catering to the only likely voters.