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keystone xl: Keystone XL Pipeline - Can somebody please explain the protest? - 12/19/11 07:27 PM
I am genuinely perplexed and am hoping someone here can help me out. I've been reading about this Keystone XL pipeline that's got everybody atwitter. As I understand it, the Canadians are going to extract oil from sand in their own country. Their first offer was to ship it to our country via pipeline crossing several states (many of which already have oil refining/transport facilities in place) to reach refineries in the mid-west and/or the Gulf Coast. Have I got that right?
Doing this would reduce our dependence on foreign oil imported from countries that don't like us much to begin with and can … (22 comments)