Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?

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8. Gotta love DU hyperbole. It never fails.

1) I never said nor implied that we might as well help the Canadians exploit the tar sands at the lowest price. My argument in that context was simply the you were incorrect in your assumption that killing XL will shut down the tar sands because of the expense. Won't happen. Period.

2) I am fully in support of replacing fossil fuels as quickly as possible. However, I never cease to be frustrated by the unwillingness of the American leftwing of the environmental movement to thwart so many attempts to reduce carbon emissions.

3) You want to eat into their profits? Sure. I don't care. I'm pleased that you are recognizing that stopping the completion of XL (much of it is complete) will not bring their profits to zero.

As long as we honestly recognize that opposing Keystone XL is nothing more than a gesture (and, in all probability, an empty gesture), then we're all on the same page.