Inside Story Americas - Keystone XL: Game over or game on?

We look at the environmental and political impact if President Obama greenlights the construction of the pipeline. Shihab Rattansi is joined by guests: climate change activist, Bill McKibben, who was among those arrested outside the White House on Wednesday; climate scientist, Alan Robock; and Charles Ebinger, the director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

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[originaldriver]

I guess this is another reason that our local media is trying so hard to demonize and restrict AlJazeera from being locally broadcast here in the United States.

[Bud Crafter]

Because the infrastructure is already in Texas and the oil is getting exported by ship. This oil isn't for the US market.

[c00lhands1]

With today's numbers you may have a point, but renewables are growing so fast (in terms of efficiency) and prices falling so rapidly, that it will be a major force in 10 years. Increased renewables along with energy efficiency gains is the 1/2 punch that will see us through this mess.

[Aaron Moran]

It's true. The globe has to switch to renewable energy, but the only forms that even dent our energy consumption, and dependence on oil/coal is hydroelectric. Canada is building a $9B dollar dam, so it's not an "oil state", and the pipeline is infact "vital" until we develop more.

[foresakenlion]

Thorium Nuclear Reactors are a real solution where we can ditch the gas and oil, has electric cars powered by a clean nuclear until we master production for Fusion Ignition. There's Zero Point energy already, all of this they're talking about is pointless, they're trying to build a next generation business monopoly without acknowledging they could do what Tesla talked about and give the world free energy.

[foresakenlion]

Qatar who owns Al Jazeera wouldn't be against the pipeline, because this would then make Canada the biggest exporter of natural gas on Earth, displacing Qatar's place at the top of the pile. This wouldn't have anything to do with the Arab Muslim's overcharging the West for gas and oil as a way to steal our wealth, and the best reason for us to work on next generation energy.

[foresakenlion]

If they can build catalytic converters for cars, then surely they can use our ultra tech and build a catalytic converter to negate the output from oil/gas processing... when they burn off gas now... they could build Sterling Engines/Steam Turbines to harness the heat as power, there's thousands of burning off gassing vents right now wasting their heat into the atmosphere.

[MsJustanotherhuman]

Why do you mistakenly believe that re-explaining your crap to me, helps the situation there ol Bud?

[lastrationalist7890]

"Yes! Drill baby Drill!!! You are a lunatic if you think you can compete with oil companies."

So, in a sense, you just admitted that you don't listen to facts since they don't agree with your stupid point of view, right?

[lastrationalist7890]

Plus, like I said in my previous comment, most of the oil from KXL will go to foreign markets and only around 6% will stay here the US for consumption and that's not nearly enough to reduce current gas prices. But of course none of this is probably going to go through your thick and empty head since your too blinded by your ignorant and idiotic ideologies to hear any sort of opposing view point (even if they are right which they are most of the time).

[lastrationalist7890]

Jobs? Growth? Stability? You realize that the majority of jobs offered by the oil and fracking industry are very temporary which last, at best, only a few months for most people. Keystone XL, for example, will only offer around 5,000 temporary jobs in a time period of 8 months. Once those 8 months pass most workers are simply fired and are forced to find another job again.

[MsJustanotherhuman]

so why dont we just blow each other up and not worry about who helps who, or who lives and who dies ??? seems as reasonable as anything else that's been said... KEYSTONE IS CRIMINAL at best.. and a fallacy supported by who, BIG OIL, of course, but I am ass for suggesting that maybe we could work it out. BUT screw it no ones money is worth sh*t and therefore those who actually made the loans need to pay then! PONY US GUBMINT>BANKING>MILITARY/PRISO­N Complex and get some handcuffs, sick of lies!