re: #219 Indy GOP Refugee

Right. NOT because of the jobs. That’s what I said. The jobs are temporary. Same as Alaska. The energy it moves is what matters. All else is detail. Exactly how many jobs for how long. The precise route. The profits to the producers. We need that energy at some point.

Who’s “we”? I’m not sure if you’ve been following the news, but the US has become a net exporter of oil in recent years, thanks to several states fracking themselves crazy to get shale oil and natural gas.

And the energy is going to be in the form of diesel, not crude oil. TransCanada’s looking to sell the finished product overseas in Europe and China, where there is a far greater demand for diesel than here in the US. In other words, allowing this sludge to pass through several of our states is not going to cause a blip on energy prices here in the US.