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To All: Even if the pipeline were to go through like TransCanada and so many of you want, the oil would not end up in the U.S., but it would be sold to Asian markets---namely China---that's why they want to get it close to the ports on the Gulf of Mexico.

Most of the jobs being created would be only temporary jobs...just long enough to get the pipeline built.

Chinese steel would be used because it is cheaper.....cheaper and less dependable...in the end...the oil, being 10 times more corrosive than regular oil....would eat through the pipeline. Example of this is the oil spill that happened last year on the Kalamazoo River----the oil spill is still not cleaned up!

The Ogallala aquifer, the third largest in the world--vital to Nebraska farmers, lies only a foot below the surface of the planned Keystone XL project......jobs are not worth the damage that this pipeline can do! The pipeline route also extends into Oklahoma...directly through the area where, just last week a 5.6 earthquake happened. If brick structures did not survive, a 34 inch pipeline certainly won't either.

Wishing this pipeline to go through is like wishing for a disaster to happen. Jobs can be made in other areas. We need to keep our clean water supply...and NO I am not an environmentalist....but a realist. There is nothing more precious than clean water. This drought has really made me appreciate clean water. I know I can't put water in my gas tank to make my car run....but I certainly can't put oil in my body and expect it to run either.

The pipeline route also extends into Oklahoma...directly through the area where, just last week a 5.6 earthquake happened. If brick structures did not survive, a 34 inch pipeline certainly won't either.

Clear evidence that you don't know what you're talking about.

1. The earthquake prone area of Oklahoma is an oval shaped region, with its axis extending from Oklahoma City to Atoka. The rest of the state is seismically stable. The Keystone pipeline will pass west of Oklahoma City -- outside this seismic zone.

2. Nonetheless, the seismically "active" zone in Oklahoma was once a major oil-producing part of the state -- and is criss-crossed by dozens of pipelines, minor and major. Indeed, Cushing, OK, the major pipeline center of the U.S. is TWENTY MILES NORTH OF SPARKS, OK -- the epicenter of the two recent quakes.

Go back to your cage.