Opposition to Keystone XL pipeline an unwarranted penalty shot

Nebraska's Sandhills, Hooker County

Canada is a friend of the United States--although a little less so during hockey season. Our neighbor to the North is extracting petroleum from oil sands in Alberta. The Canadians want to ship that oil via a pipeline dubbed the Keystone XL that will cross Nebraska.

The usual liberal opponents of traditional and reliable energy, curiously joined by Nebraska's Republican governor, oppose Keystone XL because it will pass over the Ogallala Aquifer, which is the principal drinking water and irrigation source in the Cornhusker State. Well, already thousands of miles of pipelines traverse over the aquifer, and south of Nebraska oil beneath the aquifer is drilled in Kansas and Texas. Click here for a map of those pipelines. Decades of experience have led to pipelines that are safe.

Besides, as I've argued before, if we don't buy Canadian oil sand petroleum, China will.

Do we want to send more cash to unfriendly Middle Eastern governments? Even during hockey season?

Related posts:

New York Times is wrong on Keystone XL pipeline
From the US Chamber: On energy, we're our own worst enemy
Radiohead's static on oil sands

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