Interestingly, the demand for gasoline in the U.S. has dropped drastically since the recession. The U.S. now EXPORTS more gasoline than it imports and it is on its way to being the biggest Gasoline Exporter in the world! The oil from the Tar Sands is NOT destined for the U.S…it is destined to be exported overseas…mainly to China. Do the research.

According to the Cornell University Global Labor Institute study (the ONLY study on the project done by an independent (i.e. non government or industry sponsored) group:

» The actual US jobs figures from the proposed Keystone Project is dramatically lower than claimed. The project will create no more than 2,500-4,650 temporary direct construction jobs for two years, according to TransCanada’s own data.

» A large portion of the steel pipe will not even be produced in the United States.

» KXL will divert Tar Sands oil that is currently supplying Midwest refineries, so it can be sold at higher prices to the Gulf Coast and export markets. As a result, consumers in the Midwest could be paying 10 to 20 cents more per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel. These additional costs (estimated to total $2–4 billion) will suppress other spending and will therefore cost jobs.

» Pipeline spills incur costs and therefore kill jobs.

WHY isn’t Canada building their own refineries in the tar sands area? Do you know why there is a plan to pump oil loaded sludge sand from Canada to Texas in the first place? It is because Texas is an unregulated state with deep water ports accessing both Atlantic and Pacific oceans…excellent for EXPORTATION. Did you know that the largest Oil Refineries in Texas, where the Tar Sands Oil would be destined to go, are all half-owned by Saudi Arabia?

Trust the oil companies. They’ll “grow” jobs and make us safe from Arab/Russian/South American oil. Do any of you remember the Exxon Valdez? 25 to 32 millions gallons of oil spilled. Well, that was a long time ago. How about last year’s BP spill in the gulf of Mexico? 2.6 million gallons a DAY for 3 months. And it’s still leaking.

I’m sure you haven’t heard the Enbridge story. Another Canadian company (the major competitor of Trans Canada Corp.) spilled 880,000 gallons of TAR SAND OIL — the same stuff Trans Canada Corp. wants to pump. The spill occurred in the Kalamazoo River, in July of 2010. The clean up is still ongoing and will continue into 2012. Forty miles of the river is still closed. 2,300 claims have been settled so far. 137 homes sited along contaminated river banks have been purchased by Enbridge. In 2010 they spent $550 million on clean up. How much this year? And the next? This past October they proposed a new “clean up plan”. Let’s trust the oil companies, right?

Trans Canada Corp. assures us that the Keystone XL pipeline will be very safe. Already court rulings have made the Trans Canada Corp. withdraw proposed revisions to their original plans which would have allowed them to use thinner steel pipe and to pump the incredibly thick tar sand oil at higher pressures than normal. They asserted that a set of 57 conditions will assure the pipe line’s safe operation. It turns out that most of the 57 conditions restate current MINIMUM standards. So, let’s trust the oil companies.

Apart from environmentally sensitive areas it would traverse, the pipe line would cross Nebraska’s Ogallala Aquifer which is one of the largest reserves of fresh water in the world. It provides drinking water for two million people and supports $20 billion a year in agriculture. The line would cross a seismic zone through that aquifer which had a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in 2002. So, let’s trust the oil companies. We really have no reason not to believe them. Right?

Ironically, back when Jimmy Carter was president, there was a law that required the automotive industry to produce automotive vehicles that had a minimum gas mileage of 75 MPG no later than the year 2000. The automotive companies had these cars in production, and then Reagan became president and the law was repealed! Big Oil was pleased.

Through further suppression of energy-saving technology due to fierce lobbying done by Big Oil, the American public has been denied products that are cleaner, healthier for the American people and the environment, and more affordable to everybody.

Don’t buy into the Keystone Pipeline hype…or as I call it, the 1,700 mile LIE.

Learn the truth about the Keystone Pipeline and job creation:

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/research/upload/GLI_KeystoneXL_011912_FIN.pdf

After that, go to youtube and check out the reports and ongoing damage of the Enbridge Pipeline Spill in Michigan in 2010.

Finally, TransCanada has already experienced problems with its first Keystone Pipeline! It has leaked 14 times in its first year of operation just in the U.S. sections. Learn more about that here:
http://www.nrdc.org/energy/files/keystonejobs-4pgr.pdf

What is more precious to human life…oil…or fresh, clean, WATER?