Lets see — If we build Keystone less oil will come by Warren Buffets trains to the US refineries and if we do more will come to the US and less to other countries. So all the oil will be used its only who gets the jobs to refine it. I guess its more important for Buffet to make money than for US workers to have jobs!
President Obama told comedian Stephen Colbert that he is weighing the benefits of the Keystone XL oil pipeline against its potential contribution to “disastrous” climate change.
Obama made the comments Monday night on “The Colbert Report,” which was taped at George Washington University.
He highlighted many drawbacks of the proposed pipeline to connect Alberta’s oil sands to the Gulf Coast, and dismissed some of its supposed benefits.
“We’ve got to make sure that it’s not adding to the problem of carbon and climate change,” Obama said.
“It could create a couple of thousand potential jobs in the initial construction of the pipeline, but we’ve got to measure that against whether or not it is going to contribute to an overall warming of the planet that could be disastrous.”
The remarks largely reflect what Obama said last summer about how he is evaluating whether to approve the permit for the pipeline to…
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