For those saying "Open Keystone Pipeline" here are a few things you need to know...

[elleng]

1. IT IS OPEN. It currently capable to transport up to 540,000 barrels of oil per day.
2. Keystone Pipeline carries "tar sands oil" which IS NOT used to make gasoline
3. The oil it carries comes from Canada, not the United States. It is still imported.
4. Keystone Pipeline is privately owned by a foreign company by the name of TransCanada.
5. What you are referring to is Keystone Pipeline XL. The XL portion is an extension to the existing Keystone Pipeline.
6. Keystone Pipeline XL was 8% constructed. It is still years away from 100% completion.
7. TransCanada has canceled the project completely. That means the OWNER is no longer building or looking to finish the project.
8. TransCanada obtained the land to build the extension on through eminent domain lawsuits. A private, foreign company, stealing land from American citizens who did not want it on their property.
9. TransCanada, the owner of both Keystone Pipeline and Keystone Pipeline XL admitted that the XL portion would INCREASE fuel prices in the Midwest.

((Posted @ FB March 8.))

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

Water is life! NO pipelines!

[Walleye]

2. Very well explained. You are very patient. They will still say "he shut down the pipeline."

It is a waste of breath to try and explain anything to these closed minds. They decided they hate Joe Biden, one of the nicest kindest men you will ever meet, certainly the best there is in politics. But the Republicans believe he is worthy of their hatred.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. Exactly! Not to mention the stuff is thick. There is a reason it

is found in "tar Sands". Harder to pump through the pipeline, harder & more expensive to refine, imported by countries with lower pollution standards.

Mr Yellowdog is a retired petroleum geologist and his response to folks whining about Keystone is "Keystone is bullshit".

[Midnight Writer]

4. We should all call it the TransCanada Project. Keystone XL is a marketing name we should reject.

MAGAs hate Canada, and we all know how the prefix "trans" triggers them.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Wasn't the whole purpose to export oil through Port Arthur Texas?