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To: bentway who wrote (56916)	1/18/2012 4:02:11 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119360

The fuel is probably headed for Japan and China. Towards that end, I recall that China was funding highway construction in the Plains and seaport upgrades in Mexico. China is offering to finance a pipeline through Canada if Keystone is blocked.

To: bentway who wrote (56916)	1/18/2012 4:15:41 PM
From: James Hutton	5 Recommendations Respond to of 119360

From what I've seen, the two major issues are oil production from tar sands in Canada and environmental risk. The first issue is just plain stupid, cause if they don't send it through the US, it's going to go west to the Pacific. The second issue has more merit, but the pipeline can be engineered to minimize risk, just like every other construction project, including the thousands (not to mention the millions of gallons of chemicals that have been used in agriculture over the aquifer over the past century) that have already been completed above the Ogallala Aquifer. If the enviros would be happier with an alternative route, that's probably OK (somehow I don't think they would be content with just that), but the project in no way should be killed. That's just incredibly short sighted.