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I don't think so, but the outcome seems to rest in the hands of foreigners at many levels. It's Alberta's resource....take control of how it gets to market and who profits the most.

It is Albertas resource until they sell it, in the ground.

You sound like you want AB to nationalize oil production.

Look, if you're some kinda commie about oil, Venezuela needs you badly.

Science too hard for you? Try religion!

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It is Albertas resource until they sell it, in the ground.

You sound like you want AB to nationalize oil production.

Look, if you're some kinda commie about oil, Venezuela needs you badly.

So does Canada. :D

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It is Albertas resource until they sell it, in the ground.

You sound like you want AB to nationalize oil production.

Look, if you're some kinda commie about oil, Venezuela needs you badly.

What's the big deal ? Build a frinking pipeline to the coast(s) already. Alaska did it 40 years ago.

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Alaska did it 40 years ago.

No they- the state of Alaska- didn't build anything

The pipeline in Alaska was built by a consortium of international oil companies using Japanese steel/pipe.

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No they- the state of Alaska- didn't build anything

The pipeline in Alaska was built by a consortium of international oil companies using Japanese steel/pipe.

As was bitumen mining in Alberta...and pipelines across many U.S. states. So what's the problem getting a pipeline to the Canadian coast(s).....tree huggers?

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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I'm actually amazed Obama is willfully and publicly going against big oil interests with his anti-Keystone stance. Obviously must be something else political (local public criticism of Keystone leading to pressure from his party in Congress to veto it?) that is an even bigger pressure on him not to support it.

"All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain

Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.

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The Nebraska hurdle has been eliminated. It is only a matter of time until the government changes and the pipeline is OK'd. Problem is that it takes about 4 years to build it.

The consortium building this thing should start building it now in Canada right up to the border and in the USA, South to North right up to the border. When the government finally gives the OK then fill in those few links across the border and the oil could start to flow in days.

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Ummm. Excuse me, but I'm part of the "US public," and I most certainly know who Harper is.

As do I.

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As was bitumen mining in Alberta...and pipelines across many U.S. states. So what's the problem getting a pipeline to the Canadian coast(s).....tree huggers?

WE already have pipelines to both coasts.

The problem has been getting bitumen into them.

Or oil. Or LNG.

I think what will have to happen is a bit of time and a major haircut to our social contract to get the sheep to look up from their grazing.

Science too hard for you? Try religion!

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Yay !! The Republicans are keeping their promise to Canadians:

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has passed a bill approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The 62-36 vote on the privately funded Canadian project advanced a top priority of the newly empowered Republicans, who championed the legislation despite a presidential veto threat.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-passes-in-u-s-senate-faces-obama-veto-1.2936564

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Yay !! The Republicans are keeping their promise to Canadians:

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has passed a bill approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The 62-36 vote on the privately funded Canadian project advanced a top priority of the newly empowered Republicans, who championed the legislation despite a presidential veto threat.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-passes-in-u-s-senate-faces-obama-veto-1.2936564

I guess we'll have to wait for President Bush to rubber stamp it two years from now though ;)

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I guess we'll have to wait for President Bush to rubber stamp it two years from now though ;)

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“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
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If Romney or another Bush were president, Canada wouldn't still be whining for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Nobody other than maybe a few folks around Edonton or Fort Mac. are "whining" for the Keystone. But don't worry about that, the control of CBC is a mystery to maybe work on first.

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If Romney or another Bush were president, Canada wouldn't still be whining for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Meh I could care less about the pipeline. But another Bush? Why?

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
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Elect a Bush once shame on you. Elect a Bush again... also shame on you.

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
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Elect a Bush once shame on you. Elect a Bush again... also shame on you.

Not your call....Americans will elect whomever they please. "Shame" is a Canadian value.

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Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Not your call....Americans will elect whomever they please. "Shame" is a Canadian value.

Yeah, duh.

Hey... BC2004... what's a negative American value?

Edited by PrimeNumber

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
― Bruce Lee

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Bans on offshore oil drilling.

That's not a value, that's a policy. You can do better BC.

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
― Bruce Lee

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