mcjwelles wrote:
Spot on: Aside from a convenient means of laundering the recent Iraqi oil-grab by Haliburton the pipeline will provide little of value to the US: few jobs, no benefit to domestic oil prices, which would ill serve our long term interests anyway, and the additional risks of inadvertent and terrorist caused spills. So what's the hurry? To service Haliburtonistas and the aristocracy they support?
I agree. The pipeline will result in a few jobs and will not benefit Americans. Canada will export the oil out of our country to Europe. The risk of an oil spill that will contaminate the Aquifer is very real and the Canadian company does not have the best safety record. If the pipeline is such a good idea and there is no danger of a spill, then why does't Canada build a pipeline north to a Canadian port.