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Originally Posted by Guest
Once again, just tiny bits of the talk were incorrect while the general content was correct.
Instead of no USA product moving through the pipeline - maybe up to 10 percent- most, not all, of the refined product will be shipped overseas.
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Reading comprehension is apparently not your strong suit. Here, I'll help you!
"The president has been called out before for claiming the oil would bypass the U.S.
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler explained Monday that while the crude oil would travel to the Gulf Coast, it would then be refined into products like gasoline -- and
much of it certainly would be used in the U.S.
"Current trends suggest that
only about half of that refined product would be exported, and it could easily be lower," Kessler said.
He cited a February report by energy industry consultant IHS Energy, which predicted
most of the refined products would likely be "consumed in the United States."
Further,
even the State Department issued a report downplaying the notion that a large amount of that crude would be exported, since foreign refiners would have to shoulder additional transportation charges.
Kessler said with his recent comments,
Obama "appears to be purposely ignoring the findings of the lead Cabinet agency on the issue."
Further, he challenged Obama's claim that Keystone would just be for Canadian oil, since producers in North Dakota and Montana want to move oil from the Bakken area through it."