I think its a pretty big deal as, IIRC, we get most of our oil from Canada. I imagine it will affect gas prices here.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Given that the Republicans in Congress are intent of forcing a 60 day > decision on the pipeline and there are no environmental impact > statements done on the alternate route, it simply means that the State > Department will have to deny the permit. Then Canada will sell to to > China and we'll go on our merry way as we currently are. Perhaps not > ideal but also not a huge giant deal either. > > Judah > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Me, I'm just recognizing the reality. Harper said they will sell to >> the Chinese if the US doesn't get off its collective rear end. The oil >> will be sold, it just depends on who is the buyer. If the Chinese then >> it will go through the TransCanada pipeline to BC and then to China. >> >> I'd rather see it go to the US. If TransCan is willing to reroute the >> pipeline to address environmental concerns then no problem. The issue >> is that most environmental groups hate oil sands extraction (for good >> reason). Instead of blocking the sale to the US they should try and >> figure out ways to mitigate the associated environmental effects of >> the Tar Sands. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
