Actually, building refineries in the northern states isn’t such a bad idea as some are saying. Why pipe oil across the country and truck it back again? There are a lot of products besides gasoline that come from oil that northern factories might use. Sure there are plenty of refineries in Texas already, but has anyone really thought this out?
Like the current presidential candidates, who all have personal screwball ideas set in stone, the business and technical leaders in this country get wild hairs they can’t let go of. It’s probably too late for this pipeline, as the Canucks won’t wait for us to argue it out, but in the future we need leaders in government and industry who can think things through.