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Desperately Trying to Derail Canadian Oil Sands

chipsmydog Wrote: Jan 26, 2013 12:55 AM
This is very strong appeal to reason and logic, two words that have no leverage in the secular humanist, American Federal government. Get with the program, it's all about feelings with the humanist. "I don't feel like that is a good idea."
M444ss Wrote: Jan 26, 2013 3:33 PM
Right on. As long as the initiative feels like the right thing to do (or can be spun to sound like a good thing despite actual motives), doesn't even matter what the actual outcome is.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved his state’s portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, explaining that its revised route avoids areas that critics had earlier claimed were environmentally sensitive.

The Alberta-to-Texas pipeline would create more than 5,500 Nebraska jobs during its construction period and support 1,000 permanent jobs through 2030. During the project’s lifetime, KXL would generate $950 million in labor income, $130 million in property, sales and other state and local taxes, and $679 million for the state’s gross domestic product, by bringing Canadian oil sands petroleum to Texas refineries.

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