The Keystone Shuffle

 

 

 

"Why did it not pass? It seems like we have Senate Democrats who are still mired in the 60's..."

This is almost funny. By an overwhelming majority, people in this country want not only the Keystone Pipeline to be built, they also want our entire pipeline infrastructure to be updated, modernized and expanded. Why? First off, many (like myself) are sick and tired of sitting at rail intersections, waiting and waiting for an extraordinary length of time. Secondly, truth tellers will reveal a simple fact. These oil rail cars are "bombs" on wheels. It is only a matter of time before we have a huge disaster involving an oil train. If it happens by a populated area, there will be causalities.

However, lets us not let facts get in the way of a good discussion. President "Hyperbole" is still worried about the myth of Global Warming. Forget the fact the State Department has studied the Keystone Pipeline six ways from Sunday during the past six years. Their conclusion? The rail cars add to the "carbon footprint", but the pipeline will not. So why did the Senate vote fall one short of passing this thing yesterday? The Democratic Left it seems, the "Progressives" are still stuck in the 1960's.

Here are the facts, the unvarnished truth. Despite his BEST efforts to derail our energy production, our President has been unable to stop progress. We are now an energy exporter. More to come. By 2020, energy experts say we will be the #1 energy exporter in the world, beating out even the Saudis. In early (very early) 2015, the Keystone Pipeline will once again come up for a vote in the new Congress. It will then pass. The President will go against the will of the American people (again) and veto it. Go ahead Sir - it only reflects on your party. People have long memories on the Keystone shuffle. Long enough to go into 2016.

Someone the other day asked a Republican lawmaker if his party was against new forms of energy. "Absolutely not!" he responded. "It is our future and we need to allow our innovators the freedom to discover and invent." In other words, if I may help interpret, we need our abundant fossil fuel NOW, and yet we can still work on the future forms of energy at the same time.

I read an article the other day about solar energy collectors. Much progress has been made recently in their technology. In five years, we could have passive collectors on houses which could truly supply part of the families energy needs. Fuel cell technology continues to improve. Natural gas for cars and trucks keep expanding. No, the energy future is very bright for this nation with both fossil fuels as well as what is to follow.

The Keystone Shuffle? Stayed tuned - next year it will get very, very interesting.