Im all for creating jobs and stuff...and im going to school for welding so this is extra beneficial for me.

But i dont think companies have the capability and honestly dont even care about making sure this wont rip the environment a new *#& hole.

to much can go wrong BP proved that

Well, this Senate IS good for something once in awhile. If those on the coasts don't want this...fine...the map doesn't show it running there. A good many in the Midwest sure want it though, and we'll all try real hard to deal with whatever downsides may come. The upsides of construction and economic benefit are far greater though.

For once, Congress does something I'm happy about! ....now will it live to see the end of the process? Hmm..

Originally posted by DankKing420
Im all for creating jobs and stuff...and im going to school for welding so this is extra beneficial for me.

But i dont think companies have the capability and honestly dont even care about making sure this wont rip the environment a new *#& hole.

to much can go wrong BP proved that

There was no reason to delay the inevitable. Oil from North Dakota has already

arrived in Philadelphia refineries. Our energy independence will be a done deal by 2020.

We won't need a drop from Saudi Arabia.

can't wait for the first oil pipeline break to happen, and spill oil onto a staunch republicans farm land or cattle ranch.

Originally posted by jimmyx
can't wait for the first oil pipeline break to happen, and spill oil onto a staunch republicans farm land or cattle ranch.

The radical environmentalists may not wait for it to happen.

I think common sense will prevail. There are hundreds of pipelines running through the

area. The Keystone Pipeline is just 2 more.

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Well, this Senate IS good for something once in awhile. If those on the coasts don't want this...fine...the map doesn't show it running there. A good many in the Midwest sure want it though, and we'll all try real hard to deal with whatever downsides may come. The upsides of construction and economic benefit are far greater though.

For once, Congress does something I'm happy about! ....now will it live to see the end of the process? Hmm..

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs here in the USA.

Meanwhile, Cyprus is in chaos. It's a good day to be an American.

American Exceptionalism wins every time.

Being an Albertan myself, I'd be happy about this if our province were getting a fair share of royalties from oil sales. Sadly, our government pretty much gives the oil away to the big companies. A country like Norway, with less oil and less time in the oil business, has managed to stockpile an absolutely ridiculous amount of money and doesn't have a cent in debt, while we're running deficits even though we have more oil than Saudi Arabia. Our government doesn't seem to want to pull big oil's giant pointy stick out of its arse and actually charge some meaningful royalties. Not only that, but the government is doing this stupid policy of taking bitumen in lieu of cash, so even the pitiful royalty rates aren't even being paid half the time, and they're accepting bitumen that is really already theirs in exchange for actual money. Oh, well, I guess this is what happens when the same party has been in power since 1971. .. they run the place like their own personal playground.

I'm not against the pipeline in principle, as long as the environmental impact is minimized. I'm not a Luddite or anything (heck, I have an engineering degree :p) but I don't like the idea of big oil taking all the profits and the province getting nothing.

Originally posted by DragonsDemesne
Being an Albertan myself, I'd be happy about this if our province were getting a fair share of royalties from oil sales. Sadly, our government pretty much gives the oil away to the big companies. A country like Norway, with less oil and less time in the oil business, has managed to stockpile an absolutely ridiculous amount of money and doesn't have a cent in debt, while we're running deficits even though we have more oil than Saudi Arabia. Our government doesn't seem to want to pull big oil's giant pointy stick out of its arse and actually charge some meaningful royalties. Not only that, but the government is doing this stupid policy of taking bitumen in lieu of cash, so even the pitiful royalty rates aren't even being paid half the time, and they're accepting bitumen that is really already theirs in exchange for actual money. Oh, well, I guess this is what happens when the same party has been in power since 1971. .. they run the place like their own personal playground.

I'm not against the pipeline in principle, as long as the environmental impact is minimized. I'm not a Luddite or anything (heck, I have an engineering degree :p) but I don't like the idea of big oil taking all the profits and the province getting nothing.

Province getting nothing?

Isn't the Keystone Pipeline helping the overall economy in Alberta?

I can tell you as an American we would rather get our oil from you than from the

Middle East.