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Originally Posted by driveway
Louisiana has tons of oil, and the Keystone is seen as good for oil companies and therefore good for anywhere that has oil. The prevailing opinion among low-information voters is that approving Keystone XL will significantly improve the economic situation of all Americans. Provide millions of jobs, and get the country off foreign oil.
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Considering transport costs, pipeline is cheaper than rail from Alberta to southern US refineries. Pipeline is also more environmental in the long term, I think.
Wouldn't Louisiana want to avoid that competiton from Canada? What is it about Keystone that improves Louisiana's production economics, market economics, or transport economics? I recognise the product being produced is somewhat different.