HotAirhttps://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/04/09/oops-nixing-the-keystone-pipeline-is-probably-the-more-environmentally-option/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:04:10 -0400Oops: Nixing the Keystone pipeline is probably the more environmentally costly option<![CDATA[Do you suppose the eco-trendy crowd really, carefully thought this one through before jumping on the self-righteously outraged bandwagon? I have some pretty severe doubts on the matter, but they&#8217;re in this thing, and they&#8217;re certainly not going to back down now that they&#8217;ve invested so much time, money, and media coverage to the issue &#8212; even though killing the Keystone XL pipeline will not prevent oil companies from developing Canada&#8217;s tar sands even a little bit. Stopping their product from moving through pipelines simply means that they&#8217;ll have to seek other markets, i.e. shipping it to China via tankers, or find another method of terrestrial transport across the continental United States, say, via rail. &#8230;And it just so happens that rail transport is more prone to the leakages the environmentalists claim to be railing against than pipelines. Oops.]]>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:21:55 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/04/09/oops-nixing-the-keystone-pipeline-is-probably-the-more-environmentally-option-n205905