Posted on 12/20/2011 5:51:25 PM PST by SmithL
With all the political posturing in Congress over the Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline, it’s easy to lose sight of the real issue: This pipeline is dangerous, unnecessary, and would cost the American people far more than we can afford. What we’re watching unfold in Washington, DC, is more than just a high-stakes political power play — it’s a scam undertaken by Big Oil’s congressional puppets on the orders of oil companies that have billions of dollars at stake.
The politicians pushing the pipeline are (how can I put this politely?) lying to the American people and pandering for dirty oil money. What do we really stand to gain if this thing is rammed down our throats? Higher gas prices, more air pollution, the threat of poisoned water, and enough carbon pollution to make stopping climate disruption next to impossible — but few of the jobs and none of the huge profits that Big Oil would reap.
Exaggerated job numbers play well to public concern about unemployment and the economy, but they are a hollow promise. The numbers from TransCanada — the company behind the pipeline — have already been discredited as fuzzy math for using tricks like double counting and incidental employment for dancers, choreographers, and speech therapists. Here’s some non-fuzzy math: The pipeline would raise gas prices across the Midwest — hurting both consumers and businesses. Ironically, the pipeline could actually destroy more jobs than it generates.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...
Without reading any further I am 110% FOR the Keystone Pipeline!
I suspect Mr. Brune is mentally ill. How else to account for his ravings?
To prove my suspicion, I bet he has few qualms with wind turbines or solar panels.
Like I said, mentally ill.
Is Michael Brune a lying enviro-whacko? Or is he just an ignorant idiot?
I'll wager Mr. Brune wears designer jeans when he drives his SUV up into the woods...
How can I put this Michael? You do not deserve any benefits from fossil fuel.
Guidance from the Sierra Club:
Conflict Diamonds: bad because they exist, and someone might be made happy by their beauty.
Ethical Diamonds: good because they don’t exist.
Conflict Oil: Good because we can use the conflict to deny oil to the US
Ethical Oil: Bad because we can’t use conflict to deny oil to the US
Hypocrites.
What can you expect from the Comicle?
But I cook spam for breakfast every weekend, despite their ban, as an act of civil disobedience. When the smoke detector goes off, its done.
Somebody better tell the folks at Enbridge that they’re wasting their time.
http://www.enbridge.com/DeliveringEnergy/OurPipelines/LiquidsPipelines.aspx
Did you forget your /sarc tags?
He seems to be featured at a lot of speaking engagements....but you don’t see any pictures of the horse I’m assuming he rides back and forth across the country........
Maybe he’s....flying?
Wait. That wouldn’t make sense.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
That was a good one, I will have to remember that.
These people are worse than communists!
They hate humanity and believe the earth should be left to they and 100 million likeminded elitists.
I can’t wait for Boehner to shove the pipeline down Obama’s throat.
The thing is they get away with crap like this. The Democrat base is really stupid and gullible and they believe what they want to believe.
Do you think Al Gore rEALLY believes i Global Warming ? He know it’s total bullsh*t just like we do . He just know the average lib out there is an idiot and will buy it. I’m sure this dick who wrote this article knows it’s %100 bullsh*t but he also know the freaks , hippies and leftist will just SIMPLY BELIEVE IT.
Obama lies his ass off on a daily basis . The bigger the lie the more idiots believe him’
I wonder if the author has natural gas service piped to his house.
Instead of writing to each other on here ,, being that we all agree. The idea should be to write to Michael Brune and tear him a new one over this crap article.
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