Comments on: T. Boone Pickens at the 2013 Milken Institute Global Conference

By: jon

jon — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:28:10 +0000

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By: Luis Zayas

Luis Zayas — Mon, 27 May 2013 19:06:45 +0000

I am under the impression that the Keystone Pipeline’s purpose is to ship Canadian Oil to China. ??????

By: Trish Phelps

Trish Phelps — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:56:02 +0000

Mark is right about the corrosiveness of tar sands. Tar sands will not pump without catastrophic pipeline breaks and breaches. We have seen that in existing pipelines that pump petroleum — this happens even when you are not pumping petroleum that lacks the corrosives. Worse yet, focus on the word “tar”. Tell me what you need to do to pump TAR. High temperatures and pressures coupled with corrosives is just asking for catastrophe. And worse yet, consider where the peteroleum club (NOT the USA) wants to pump tar sands, over the Ogalalla Aquaifer. The next generation will wonder where we got our common sense when we leave them with that legacy. I’m disappointed in T.Boone Pickens for promoting Keystone on this. Why doesn’t Canada refine their own tar instead of selling it to our petroleum club?

By: Gerald Ellison

Gerald Ellison — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:57:29 +0000

Natural gas is probably the fuel of choice for us, but not for a few years, must get our cars and trucks changed over to Natural gas,,,,that’s very expensive,,,,but they can be phased in with new cars and trucks over the next 10-20 years, meanwhile we need gas and diesel fuel which comes from oil,,,,what may be a no brainer for us common citizens is beyond the grasp of Washington,,,,it’s all about power, money and getting re-elected,,,

By: Mars

Mars — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:09 +0000

I echo Malcolm’s sentiments: Why not access the natural gas that we have right here rather than building expensive pipelines to other places? We need to put people back to work in American and the energy industry is one huge way to employ American workers who will supply us with not only new energy sources, but also the many other businesses that will be born from the gas extraction.

Daughter of Lillard Pipe and Supply

By: Malcolm Schmerl

Malcolm Schmerl — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:55:42 +0000

Were it purely a choice between Saudia Arabia and Canada, then I say Canada. But there are other choices. Canada, albeit a better partner than the Saudis, is still a foreign country and does nothing to stem the outflow of money from the U.S. We have natural gas and that’s where our development dollar should go.

By: Marvin Jensen

Marvin Jensen — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:45:45 +0000

Mark. Your comments are full of mis-information. You lead everybody here to believe the pipeline breaks in Michigan to be the results of Tar Sands Oil and that whole communities here in Michigan have been displaced by it. I live in Michigan. I know the truth. The responsible company for the pipeline break in Michigan has stepped up and completed a great job of remediation, and improvements in the area that the spill has happened. This is America and not permitting the reporting of disasters is somebody’s fantasy. I don’t buy it!

By: Hubert L Osborne

Hubert L Osborne — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:25:50 +0000

I had a Rock chuck stuck in my irrigation line once. Since he refused to move on his own he decomposed and became a useful part of the soil.

By: James H. Hatland

James H. Hatland — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:13 +0000

My research indicates that Warren Buffet went behind closed doors last July and cut a deal with President Obama to squelch the Keystone Pipeline so he could transport the oil from the Bakken area on the BNSF railroad which he purchased a while back for $34 billion dollars. Buffet, if I am not mistaken, also owns the company that builds the tank railcars that haul the oil. POLITICS!!!!

We must be heard in Washington. We sure don’t want that 250 billion barrels of oil at Ft. MacMurray, Alberta to go west to China. That would be a terrible loss.

By: Antonio Doria

Antonio Doria — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:47 +0000

Pure and simple: Canada.