NY Times: "Where the Real Jobs Are"

[MarkCharles]

"The Republicans believe they have President Obama in a box: either he approves a controversial Canadian oil pipeline or they accuse him of depriving the nation of jobs. Mr. Obama can and should push back hard.
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This is precisely the moment for him to argue the case for alternative fuel sources and clean energy jobs — and to lambaste the Republicans for doubling down on conventional fuels while ceding a $5 trillion global clean technology market (and the jobs that go with it) to more aggressive competitors like China and Germany.

The payroll tax cut bill, which Mr. Obama signed last month, gave him 60 days to decide on the Keystone XL pipeline. That is not enough time to complete the required environmental review of a project that, in its present design, crosses ecologically sensitive territory and risks polluting an aquifer critical to Midwestern water supplies."

More at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/where-the-real-jobs-are.html?_r=1

[PDJane]

1. And the first nations people are fighting that thing...........

Because it crosses land in BC never ceded to the province...their land, IOW.

[MarkCharles]

2. This is just another example of white (largely MEN) taking from

people of other skin colors.

This history has gone on since the 1500's.

Be it gold in South and Central America, or diamonds in Africa to oil in Texas or Oklahoma or BC. This is an endless history of white man's capitalism around the world; take from the darker skinned folks, for the profit of the lighter skinned folks.

[FreakinDJ]

3. If the Keystone Pipeline goes though to Beaumont Texas - it will keep Fuel Prices HIGH

the Motiva Refinery expansion (660,000 bbls per day) will process the Tar Sands Crude and ship refined petrolium product overseas

U.S. exporting fuel but U.S. drivers still paying more

Faced with sluggish sales at home, American refineries are shipping their gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products abroad in record amounts, turning the country into a net exporter of fuel.

And that's one of the reasons why gasoline now costs more than ever before, for this time of year.

http://www.chron.com/business/article/U-S-exporting-fuel-but-U-S-drivers-still-paying-2341390.php

all that and Bush Jr. declared Beaumont Texas a Free Enterprise Zone - Tax Exempt

In short - it will hurt the US Economy