LynneSin doesn't get it, or the pipeline either

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025832626

Oh my.

LynneSin (92,140 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 02:44 AM

Ok here's what I don't get about this whole Keystone XL Pipeline project...

Honestly, I've been more worried about what Fracking is doing here in our own country especially since I'm downstream from what Pennsylvania, which is dumping god knows what into the Delaware River, the main source of drinking water for the state of Delaware.
 
So I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most knowledgeable about the this stuff about the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline. But I do know this.
 
#1 - The Tar Sands are in Alberta which is a providence in the country of Canada.
#2 - Canada is NOT a landlocked Country

So my question is this - why does this pipeline have to run through our country all the way down to Louisiana? I mean Canada has ports on both the Atlantic and Pacific - why not just run the pipe thru there and save us all the hassle?

TreasonousBastard (24,218 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 02:52 AM

1. The Gulf has the refineries....

Lots and lots of refineries.

LynneSin (92,140 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 02:56 AM

2. The Gulf has Hurricanes, lots and lots of hurricanes

Wouldn't this be a grand opportunity for some town off the coast of British Columbia to build their own Refineries and keep all that money to themselves?

Seeker (9,928 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 03:09 AM

3. Maybe Canada does not want to ruin their coastline.

Maybe they don't want to turn it into the oil - soaked exploding hell hole that is south Texas?

LynneSin (92,140 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 08:55 AM

13. Their oil - their problem

That's my 2 cents.

Art_from_Ark (20,871 posts)   Tue Nov 18, 2014, 03:16 AM

4. There are lots of mountains between Alberta and the British Columbia coast.

Lots and lots of mountains. There are no mountains to speak of between the Front Range of Alberta and Houston. However, someone posted a thread the other day about TransCanada considering using existing pipelines to transport that stuff eastward.

Calm (22,261 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 06:59 AM

12. Alaska pipeline crosses over 3 mountain ranges.

TreasonousBastard (24,218 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 04:14 AM

8. Nope. You need a huge deepwater port with...

alternative ports in case of weather or whatever, and you don't just up and build a refinery. You also want to look at the total refinery capacity in an area. Refineries run on such tight schedules that you would prefer one next door instead of an ocean away.
 
Gulf refineries have been dealing with hurricanes for a hundred years, but a bigger problem with the Gulf is getting to the Pacific. A bigger Central American canal would be handy.

City Lights (23,641 posts)    Tue Nov 18, 2014, 09:08 AM

15. Side note...Alberta is a province in Canada,

not a providence.

[DumbAss Tanker]

They're so much smarterer than us.

Seriously, it's hard to argue with people that are so stupid and misinformed that they can't understand what you're saying when you bring up the factual or logical flaws in their positions.

[BattleHymn]

LynneChin sure has one spectacularly prominent feature there.  It looks like a lipoma to me. 

[franksolich]

LynneChin sure has one spectacularly prominent feature there.  It looks like a lipoma to me.

Is that what that protuberance is called?

[franksolich]

LynneChin sure has one spectacularly prominent feature there.  It looks like a lipoma to me.

I nadined it; apparently it's a piece of cake to have removed.

But perhaps LynneSin actually likes looking grotesque?

[BattleHymn]

I nadined it; apparently it's a piece of cake to have removed.

But perhaps LynneSin actually likes looking grotesque?

I know that if that were me, I'd have something done about that.  It's very off-putting.

[BannedFromDU]

     I would say it differently: LynneSin probably gets no pipe at all.

     Interesting, though, that if the pipeline gets voted down, it could always pass through her chin protuberance.

[the county]

59-41 vote, and dumbass malaise is celebrating it because she *thinks* it can't survive the veto.

LynneSin has a blog of her own now, just so you know:

http://somllynnesin.wordpress.com/

 

[GOBUCKS]

Honestly, I've been more worried about what Fracking is doing here in our own country especially since I'm downstream from what Pennsylvania, which is dumping god knows what into the Delaware River, the main source of drinking water for the state of Delaware.
 
So I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most knowledgeable about the this stuff about the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline. But I do know this.
 
#1 - The Tar Sands are in Alberta which is a providence in the country of Canada.
#2 - Canada is NOT a landlocked Country

Well, Big Lynne seems to know as much about Canada as she does fracking.

Several Canadian "providences" have, uh, huge mountains, which are chin-like protuberances on the earth.

[tanstaafl]

59-41 vote, and dumbass malaise is celebrating it because she *thinks* it can't survive the veto.

LynneSin has a blog of her own now, just so you know:

http://somllynnesin.wordpress.com/

 

Dingy Harry wins, can make CLOTURE. Landrieau loses the runoff. And 8 votes shy of an over ride, if the measure passes the Senate and finds its way to Obama's pen. That is, if there's any ink left in the pen after signing all of those EO's that the electorate apparently doesn't want.