[Whenifhow]

If you had read a little further, you would have seen:

China has actively been investing in Canadian oil and many believe that the true intent of the oil pipeline is to make it easier to ship the oil from Texas ports to Asian markets. The pipeline happens to follow part of the same route as the notorious North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA) Super Highway.

This oil is going to China!

[mountainlion]

I misread that Diesel was the dirtiest fuel somehow. I finally got through a long article on Forbes on Obama and did not get started right on this one. OOPs.

I still support drill here drill now.

[Bernard Marx]

This oil is going to China!

If so, a pipeline to the Gulf coast a mighty strange route to choose. Why not build a pipeline to the Pacific coast, a much more direct route to Chinese ports?

[Former Proud Canadian]

Nope, wrong. Although the oil will go to China if the US doesn’t want it.

[familyop]

"This pipeline will carry one of the world’s dirtiest fuels… tar sand oil… vastly different from regular oil, being ten times heavier than water and very corrosive...the true intent of the oil pipeline is to make it easier to ship the oil from Texas ports to Asian markets...This oil is going to China!"

LOL! BTW, there's a great deal on vacations to Venus. Don't miss out!

[PapaBear3625]

China has actively been investing in Canadian oil and many believe that the true intent of the oil pipeline is to make it easier to ship the oil from Texas ports to Asian markets. The pipeline happens to follow part of the same route as the notorious North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA) Super Highway. This oil is going to China!

Really. From a Texas port a tanker has to take the long way around to get to China. Why would they do such a stupid thing when they HAVE a pipeline to Vancouver, from which tankers can get to China the short way?

You have it exactly backwards. The opposition to the pipeline is most likely FROM CHINA, because THEY want to be the major customers for the oil.