Carney: Obama Didn't Turn Down The Keystone Pipeline

[Articulate_Ape]

Not sure how they can finalize the route unless TransCanada has already purchased the land to run the pipeline.
Unless they are planning to get the state and federal governments to use eminent domain to get the land for them even though TransCanada is a private company.
Well, it worked with Kelo and I know how happy Conservatives were about that.

I agree. That aspect of this thing makes it less cut and dry to me as a Constitutionalist conservative. At the same time, Carney is lying through his teeth about this and his body language shows it.

[Madisonian]

I agree. That aspect of this thing makes it less cut and dry to me as a Constitutionalist conservative. At the same time, Carney is lying through his teeth about this and his body language shows it.

I have no doubt that Carney is playing the pants on fire game. At the same time I have no doubt that TransCanada will use every means to twist governmental arms to get the land they want whether or not the owners want to sell it to them.

This particular statement from their "Landowner Relations" page...

All landowners will receive fair and equitable compensation for the land easements granted and TransCanada will work closely with them to identify special circumstances, land restrictions, access routes and other construction requirements to minimize disturbance to the land, the landowner and the environment

tells me that if they want your land they will get it one way or another and are not above using any means necessary to get it, even if it is unconstitutional.

[Articulate_Ape]

I have no doubt that Carney is playing the pants on fire game. At the same time I have no doubt that TransCanada will use every means to twist governmental arms to get the land they want whether or not the owners want to sell it to them.

This particular statement from their "Landowner Relations" page...



tells me that if they want your land they will get it one way or another and are not above using any means necessary to get it, even if it is unconstitutional.

Yes. Therein lies the rub. This is not a black and white situation.

[Odysseus]

Only a lying, smarmy shitbird like Carney can say that without laughing.

Fixed.

Not sure how they can finalize the route unless TransCanada has already purchased the land to run the pipeline.
Unless they are planning to get the state and federal governments to use eminent domain to get the land for them even though TransCanada is a private company.
Well, it worked with Kelo and I know how happy Conservatives were about that.

They don't buy the land, they purchase easements. The owners retain the land.

[Articulate_Ape]

Fixed. :D


They don't buy the land, they purchase easements. The owners retain the land.

From what I have read (FWIW) they have also taken legal action to have the land of resistant owners "condemned". Given the state-run media we now have in the US, I don't know what to believe anymore.

[Rockntractor]

Fixed. :D


They don't buy the land, they purchase easements. The owners retain the land.

I have a gas pipeline running through my property, you don't build on top of it, other than that you forget it's there.
You have to allow easement for electric, water, gas, whatever. sure there are draw backs but the alternative is using a kerosine lamp, riding a horse and washing your clothes by a creek.
Fucking Luddites!

[wwworkingguy]

Florida Drivers Shelling Out Nearly $6 A Gallon At Some Gas Stations
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According to GasBuddy.com, motorists are shelling out $5.89 for a gallon of regular gas at a Shell station in Lake Buena Vista, topping out at $5.99 a gallon for premium. It doesn’t get better at a Suncoast Energy station in Orlando, where drivers are paying $5.79 for a gallon of regular.
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http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/02/22...-gas-stations/

We've been dealing with this government obstruction for years. I remember Bubba Clinton said that it takes 10 years to get production going..... blah blah blah blah...... how many years has it been since then?

[Madisonian]

I have a gas pipeline running through my property, you don't build on top of it, other than that you forget it's there.
You have to allow easement for electric, water, gas, whatever. sure there are draw backs but the alternative is using a kerosine lamp, riding a horse and washing your clothes by a creek.
Fucking Luddites!

Except that the ones you mentioned, also known as utilities, are government controlled monopolies and are subject to state and / or local commissions that regulate the price of the utilities commodity. Is TransCanada allowing the states its pipelines run through set the price of the oil that flows through it?

And somehow if this...

were running through my back yard, I don't think I could forget its there.

[Retread]

Except that the ones you mentioned, also known as utilities, are government controlled monopolies and are subject to state and / or local commissions that regulate the price of the utilities commodity. Is TransCanada allowing the states its pipelines run through set the price of the oil that flows through it?

And somehow if this...

were running through my back yard, I don't think I could forget its there.

That won't be running through Neb either.

Sorta like these for natural gas - you have to know they are there to know where they are.

[Rockntractor]

Except that the ones you mentioned, also known as utilities, are government controlled monopolies and are subject to state and / or local commissions that regulate the price of the utilities commodity. Is TransCanada allowing the states its pipelines run through set the price of the oil that flows through it?

And somehow if this...

were running through my back yard, I don't think I could forget its there.

The gas line through my property is not end user it transports raw gas to be processed.