is that these oil companies would refine the oil and then sell it overseas, not for domestic consumption. So once again the only people getting rich are the oil companies. The pipeline is not only about killing the environment, but screwing the average citizen.

"The oil to be sent through Keystone XL pipeline was never destined for US markets. In its own presentation to investors about the proposed pipeline extension, TransCanada (the company behind Keystone XL) boasted that most if not all of the extracted and refined oil would be exported --- sold in oversees markets where oil fetches a higher price (and thus turns a higher profit for the company)."

That could either leak or worse explode. How much will we see of that? Next to nothing.

"The pipeline that the Obama administration has rejected the permit for would be an extension of a pipeline that has already leaked -- not just once, but 12 times in the last year.

While TransCanada tried to dismiss these leaks as “minor” averaging “just five to 10 gallons of oil” each, the leak on May 7, 2011 near Millner, N.D., spilled about 21,000 gallons of oil in total."

The Republicans wanted it.

To kill Keystone , Obama has to come out for it.