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But forgetting pollution and dangers for a moment, the XL Pipeline would ship Canadian oil to Texas, not the other way around. The US would depend in part, on Canada for its energy needs. Why then would the US want this? If you're drilling and making your own oil and trying for energy independence, and since the pipeline would be potentially very dangerous, why would you want it?
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The US already depends, in large part, on Canada for it's energy needs.
The US uses around 20 million barrels of oil per day. It produces about 9 million barrels a day on it's own. The other 11 million barrels are imported and about 3.5 million of those come from Canada.
Take Canadian oil out of the equation and the US is left importing more oil from far less desirable countries like Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, etc. All of that extra overseas oil is coming in via tanker. What do you think is more dangerous and less environmentally friendly - tanker or pipeline? Take your nose out of Obama's ass before you answer that.
Opposition to the pipeline is strictly political. There is no rational or logical reason to oppose it on environmental grounds unless you propose to stop the flow of oil from all sources.
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