Demonstrators (click title to entry - thank you) hold up a banner in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2011. Thousands joined hands and circled the White House in protest against the Keystone XL pipeline.
(Credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images) Amazing. Absolutely Amazing. The Canadian Oil Sands project is simply "W"rong. It received exceptional backing from Cheney when he was Vice President. You know, I didn't look recently to see if it was in the "Energy Report" the Bush Administration published at the time of the Enron scandal. I need to check it out. If it is still online, but, I have two print copies of the report.
It is still online:
"National Energy Policy - May 2001" (click here)\
Cheney started this committee within two weeks of taking office and the proceedings are still closed to the citizens of this country.
The OLD WORLD idea about the Canadian Tar Sands is that it provides better petroleum options than Mid-East oil because it reduces the threat of terrorists. Al Qaeda had nothing to do with the petroleum industry or its supply of Mid-East oil. It is about the worst PR propaganda ever stated. The nations of the Middle East, primarily Saudi Arabia, have their oil supplies under control. Even when Saddam was in Iraq the oil fields were intact regardless of their productivity or lack thereof. Terrorism is not about the petroleum industry, quite the contrary. The petroleum industry is more of a threat to citizens of foreign lands than the people ever could be: Nigeria, Equador and Iraq to name just a few. I never thought I'd see the day the USA would become an aggressor nation over petroleum reserves.
Chapter Seven : America's Energy Infrastucture, A Comprehensive Delivery System
- The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Secretary of the Interior to work with Congress and the State of Alaska to put in place the most expeditious process for renewal of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System lease to ensure that Alaskan oil continues to flow uninterrupted to the West Coast of the United States.
- The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Secretaries of Energy and State, coordinating with the Secretary of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to work closely with Canada, the State of Alaska, and all other interested parties to expedite the construction of a pipeline to deliver natural gas to the lower 48 states. This should include proposing to Congress any changes or
waivers of law pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 that
may be required.The Caspian Sea was coveted as well on page 8-12. The map on that page includes Russia, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Then the USA wonders why it is regarded with suspicion of intent and interest when official documents such as this include sovereign nations as a source of USA oil and the invation into Iraq was so obviously propagandized from its sincere purpose as Halliburton profits prove.
The PIPELINE "Pipe Dreams" starts on 7-9. These plans have been 'on the books' for over a decade. The oil sands is the worst form of oil production ever conceived. It is a huge insult to the planet. I am surprised at Canada, however, at the time of September 11, 2001 the entire globe was sympathetic to the USA and its 'ideas' of preventing attacks on this country and their own. The oil sands and the pipelines are more exploitation of the planet out of fear. Alternatives are the future. Not 'peaked' fossil fuel.
Every measure needs to take place to be sure 'The Infrastructure Investments and The Infrastructure Bank" do not service fossil fuels.
