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cprise

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2. "Elsewhere"

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 01:34 AM

Apr 2013

Do you mean China? They now have a carbon tax.

Most of the rest of the globe is getting acutely concerned about global warming.

If the investment in Keystone XL is completed, then its existence will make a carbon tax seem even more politically impossible than it is now.

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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement? [View all] unhappycamper Apr 2013 OP

It's not nearly that noble. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #1

"Elsewhere" cprise Apr 2013 #2

You seriously believe that if XL Pipeline is not approved, Canada will stop production? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #3

It makes tar sands product harder to get cprise Apr 2013 #5

The pipeline will represent a cost savings to Canada and more crude for US refineries. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #6

You're saying it doesn't matter how easy it is cprise Apr 2013 #7

Gotta love DU hyperbole. It never fails. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #8

You seem to be arguing with someone else here, not me cprise Apr 2013 #9

LOL! Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #10

I dare you to point out where I made the assumption cprise Apr 2013 #11

China has a carbon tax like they have air pollution standards NickB79 Apr 2013 #4