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2021-02-16 Home Front: WoT

Biden* Kills Pipeline Deal In America While Promoting One For Taliban…

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Posted by Woodrow 2021-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 The XL cancel was a payoff to Buffett who owns the railroads that transport the oil regionally. 'Ol Joe is an old time pol. once he's bought he STAYS bought.

Posted by Cesare 2021-02-16 08:55|| 2021-02-16 08:55|| Front Page Top

#2 A quick back-of-the-envelope estimate last night yielded a need for about 11-100 tank car unit trains daily to replace the output the pipeline would have carried. Three derailments in the past three days, at least one blamed on a frozen switch point, tells me the pipeline would be a safer alternative. And I enjoy train watching; not much to see with a pipeline.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2021-02-16 09:07|| 2021-02-16 09:07|| Front Page Top

Ref #1: Yep, my guess is that pie has been in the oven for quite a spell.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-16 09:12|| 2021-02-16 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 After all, Canada will not stop extracting oil from the tar sands of northern Alberta. Instead, it will simply export oil over existing pipelines or to the Pacific Ocean, where the damage from a potential spill would be harder to address.

This statement is misleading. True there will still be tar sands oil produced but much less of it because the transportation cost will go up.

Similarly, yes the Trans Mountain Pipeline does go from the Edmonton area to the West Coast but first, the pipeline itself is near capacity and second, the oil export infrastructure on the West Coast would have to be expanded if the pipeline capacity was expanded. Both of these would take time and money.

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-02-16 16:51|| 2021-02-16 16:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Reality rears its ugly head at times as we are witnessing with regards to frozen windmills. The Dems are so hide bound, they are unlikely to abandon their unworkable and failed energy policies. Energy is a strategic part of our national defense. They need to do something for America and the American people instead of the globalists.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-02-16 17:39|| 2021-02-16 17:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Not The Bee.

But only because I was tipped off.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-16 17:49|| 2021-02-16 17:49|| Front Page Top

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