Make no mistake - there is more going on in the debate over Keystone XL than just where a pipeline should be located.
Opponents of the Keystone pipeline want to do more than stymie a pipeline project. They want to see an entire resource shut down, an oil sands reserve that is the third largest energy stockpile in the world, including 170 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
It is about politics. They want to drive energy policy and push their agenda of “alternative” fuels that simply do not give us the dependable, affordable fuel that oil can provide.
Energy Citizens and many other Americans are tired of seeing our energy security threatened by Keystone XL opponents. This argument for KXL approval recently ran in the Des Moines Register. It makes more sense than all of the pipeline protests put together.
Plain and simple, it is time for Keystone XL to be approved. The special interest groups that mistakenly believe we do not need reliable fuels like oil are wrong, and our representatives in Washington must take action to get this important project off the ground.