Keystone XL to Emit 1 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas [View all]

[Ichingcarpenter]

The energy it will take to process Canadian tar sands oil and pipe it through the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is so great that it will lead to about 1.3 billion more tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the pipeline’s 50-year lifespan than if the pipeline were carrying conventional crude.

That’s the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion in its Feb. 2 comments to the U.S. State Department, which gave federal agencies until Monday to comment about whether Keystone XL is in the natural interest. If built, the pipeline would send about 800,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands oil per day to refineries in Texas.


Tar sands crude oil is thick, mucky stuff, and it takes more energy to transport and refine it than conventional crude oil, leading to the burning of more greenhouse gas emissions.


http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/keystone-xl-to-emit-1-billion-tons-of-greenhouse-gas-150203.htm


a billion tons and 45 jobs what a deal for the planet.