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kpete

(71,993 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:00 AM Oct 2013

Al Gore rips Keystone: “This should be vetoed. It is an atrocity and a threat to our future”

Former US vice president Al Gore on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, likening the carbon-intense project to drug addiction.

Gore, who has championed action against climate change since his razor-thin loss for the White House in 2000, praised Obama’s general views on climate change but said his fellow Democrat faced a key test on the proposed project.

“This should be vetoed. It is an atrocity and a threat to our future,” Gore told a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank.

“Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and their legs give out. We are now at the point where we’re going after these ridiculously dirty and dangerous carbon-based dirty fuels, and we’ve got to stop that,” he said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/24/al-gore-rips-keystone-xl-it-is-an-atrocity-and-a-threat-to-our-future/

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Al Gore rips Keystone: “This should be vetoed. It is an atrocity and a threat to our future” (Original Post) kpete Oct 2013 OP

I'm against Keystone but let's face it: that oil will keep being extracted cali Oct 2013 #1

Hinder it a little or a lot is better than speeding it along. No more excuses to prop up foolishness TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #7

from what I've read, it won't hinder it at all significantly cali Oct 2013 #10

a little or a lot, I said. There is no good excuse, cali. TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #14

In regards to the environment, this is even worse than extracting oil straight up. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #13

Canada can build their pipeline on Canadian soil. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #2

the oil from the tar sands is coming here and will continue to do cali Oct 2013 #3

I doubt it. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #4

there's quite a bit on this cali Oct 2013 #12

"Razor-thin loss" rock Oct 2013 #5

Realistically, until we have a replacement for oil, there is no alternative seveneyes Oct 2013 #6

and playing along keeps alternatives from viability in the face of gigantic profits to be made. TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #8

Recommend jsr Oct 2013 #9

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #11

Damn right it should be vetoed. Any Congress person or Presidential candidate liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #15

cali

(114,904 posts)

1. I'm against Keystone but let's face it: that oil will keep being extracted

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:01 AM

Oct 2013

Keystone or not- and not a greatly slowed pace. Rail transport is up some ludicrous amount.

TheKentuckian

(25,026 posts)

7. Hinder it a little or a lot is better than speeding it along. No more excuses to prop up foolishness

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:59 AM

Oct 2013

cali

(114,904 posts)

10. from what I've read, it won't hinder it at all significantly

Reply to TheKentuckian (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:48 PM

Oct 2013

TheKentuckian

(25,026 posts)

14. a little or a lot, I said. There is no good excuse, cali.

Reply to cali (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 02:02 PM

Oct 2013

Some opposition now may yield greater impact in the future, if nothing else. The usual rollover will just make the next beachhead harder to take with less basis to do so.

This is suicidal madness, and should be relentlessly fought tooth and nail.

Uncle Joe

(58,362 posts)

13. In regards to the environment, this is even worse than extracting oil straight up.

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:57 PM

Oct 2013

Opponents say that oil from Alberta’s tar sands is among the dirtiest on the planet as it must be melted with steaming hot water before processing, further contributing to carbon emissions blamed for climate change.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

2. Canada can build their pipeline on Canadian soil.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:49 AM

Oct 2013

There's no reason US should sacrifice our enviroment so Canada can sell their tar-sand oil to China.

cali

(114,904 posts)

3. the oil from the tar sands is coming here and will continue to do

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:52 AM

Oct 2013

so at a faster pace, Keystone or not.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

4. I doubt it.

Reply to cali (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:27 AM

Oct 2013

It could be refined in Canada and sold here, if that was the case. Pipeline is being built so it can be shipped to China....easier to pipe it south to Gulf to load on tankers, than to pipe over mountains to a Pacific port. We ain't getting a drop of XL oil.