[Peter_johnns]

Originally Posted by RyeJay

I'm obviously misunderstanding you. Please clarify what you mean by how what is happening now, environmentally, is worse....than the environmental harm that would come from destroying many kms of forest to lay another pipeline, to continue using fossil fuels to further impact the globe with more warming...

What I'm trying to convey, essentially, is that at some point very soon, there is going to be a movement of desperation to completely get off fossil fuels entirely -- because the process of Rapid Climate Change is gaining momemtum -- a momemtum that cannot simply be turned off overnight. In fact, even if the world were to magically stop using fossil fuels by tomorrow morning, the globe would still gradually warm for the next 30 years because of the lag effect of carbon and methane distribution throughout the atmosphere.

We are so far into this game of carbon, that it is no longer an issue of stopping the use of these dirty forms of energy; we must now develop effective technologies to remove the carbon with which we've already flooded our atmosphere.

Global Warming isn't a bad thing. It has happened before. The BAD thing is the SPEED. Rapid warming overwhelms ecologies, as they cannot migrate northward that quickly. Our oceans also cannot handle the drop in pH (acidic) so quickly.

Climate Change is meant to be extreeeeeeemely gradual, occurring over thousands of years.

Not sure if you are simply misunderstanding me, or you just are reading up on these things. The pipeline is not going to rip kms of forests down. It will connect with existing pipelines heading eastward and perhaps travel along or under proposed highways. I really can't be certain about what it will mean because it is only in early discussions. As of now oil is being shipped from the south and by rail. Before you post exasperating comments, try doing a bit of research.