Don’t you just hate it when your opinion is right in the middle of two opposing forces?  That means neither side will hire you to advance their cause. Such is the case with the Keystone Pipeline: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/keystone-pipeline-opponents-pin-hopes-on-nebraska/2011/09/25/gIQAh6qaxK_story.html?hpid=z11. We need the oil, we need the jobs, but we don’t need to put 3rd parties out of business to get the resources, and there is a farmer or three relying upon that water. So maybe going around the Ogallala Aquifer would be the best plan. Or finding a new method of laying the pipe such that inevitable leaks don’t damage the aquifer. Or even building a new refinery, but the products from it would need to be transported at some point… most likely by pipeline.

HEK

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