Memes are not a research tool
Note to me: be cautious about getting actual information from memes.
The folks on Twitter that protest about oil brices should also take this to heart. Today, noise about how we all would have been better off, if the “Keystone XL” project had been completed. My take is that certain petroleum companies might have been satisfied, but for the average car owner, not so much. It comes down to supply (and demand). There’s a lot of potential oil trapped in the sands of Alberta. Please mote that there are few refineries that can handle the transformation of muck into gasoloine. Actually, the pipeline (that was not built), would have moved product acrosss the continent, into giant tankers, across the ocean to other markets. Not to name them, but they would mot have returned any gasoline to your local gas station. None. However, if the pilelne had developed leaks (which they do), the envirnmmental damage would have been locally (in the broad continental context. And those foreign markets would have shrugged and carried on.
I try to minimize my need for refined petroleum products. After all, there are alternatives. If the price at your locak gas pump is too high, how about getting those who profit from the sale to lower their expectations for profit. Conflate industry and government, if you will.
We had visitors (family) today. Possibly the largest visit in years. I was prepared. I just kept talking until they got bored and meandered along. Please, don’t call me antisocial. I am simply a hermit at heart, and I have lost my level of comfort with conversation. And, please, let me know if I’m on your “we should visit” list.
