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Originally Posted by nota
basic supply vs demand
less domestic oil if more is exported by this pipeline
good for oil corpRATs
bad for drivers
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Where in the world do you get your information?
It is illegal for domestically produced oil to be sold overseas.
Any Canadian oil that gets shipped by this pipeline will reduce the price of oil in the gulf, further benefitting consumers.
The keystone pipeline will increase domestic supply and drive down prices to the consumer. It will pretty much eliminate the influence of foreign producers like OPEC.
it's what we've always wanted, a way to tell the middle east producers to take a hike.
Energy Independence.
It will also reduce profits for most oil companies as supply increases and oil prices drop.
There are already a whole bunch of pipelines in the us, almost ALL are underground. The only reason the trans-Alaskan pipeline was above ground was because of permafrost.
And all it takes is a grant of easement onto a property and a potential fee for temporary loss of use and a noninal rent agreement.
They dig a trench, lay the pipe, fill in the trench, and you'll never know it's there.
modern pipelines are protected with serious instrumentation that can detect and stop a leak. They have all sorts of electronics that monitor corrosion, thickness, integrity. They send "pigs" down the line periodically that inspect the pipeline as they go through, taking measurements and pictures. It's pretty high tech.
There are booster pumping stations all along the route with isolation valves.