Not exact matches
Based on information and analysis about the North American crude transport infrastructure (particularly the proven ability of rail to transport substantial quantities of crude
oil profitably under
current market conditions, and to add capacity relatively rapidly) and the global crude
oil market, the draft Supplemental EIS concludes that approval or denial of the proposed Project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of
development in the
oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude
oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.
Slash
oil demand and
oil sands development goes away; keep
oil demand on its
current trajectory and we've got huge climate problems regardless of whether Keystone XL is approved.
alternative energy
development, including bio fuels, coal - to - liquids,
oil shale, tar
sands, geothermal, geopressure, wind, waves,
currents, hydro, and other renewable energy;
Current alternatives to the Keystone XL for transporting tar
sands oil are on a much smaller scale, in much earlier stages of
development, and in many cases face such significant opposition that they are unlikely to move ahead in the next five to 10 years if at all.»