Comments on: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Keystone XL Pipeline https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/04/draft-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-keystone-xl-pipeline/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: S. Thomas Bond https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/04/draft-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-keystone-xl-pipeline/#comment-25302 S. Thomas Bond Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:24:06 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7737#comment-25302 The Keystone XL pipeline is THE most dangerous single project for climate change. So much energy to get it out and into a form that will allow it to be moved through the pipeline, along with the possibility of over use, beyond what the planet will tolerate, are its characteristics. Shale gas and oil will do more damage to the earth's productivity, however, because most of it is inaccessible (less than 10% return) so the total carbon energy available is far less. It is the huge land surface area needed for shale development in populated and productive areas that makes it devastating. The Keystone XL pipeline is THE most dangerous single project for climate change. So much energy to get it out and into a form that will allow it to be moved through the pipeline, along with the possibility of over use, beyond what the planet will tolerate, are its characteristics.

Shale gas and oil will do more damage to the earth’s productivity, however, because most of it is inaccessible (less than 10% return) so the total carbon energy available is far less. It is the huge land surface area needed for shale development in populated and productive areas that makes it devastating.

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