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f you visit the drilling sites in Williston, N.D., you discover an amazing phenomenon: At night, this little energy town of fewer than 30,000 people lights up like Manhattan on New Year's Eve. All these lights are flares burning off the natural gas that was drilled that day. Why on earth would the drillers do that? Because they want oil, which sells at $100 a barrel, as opposed to natural gas, which is now so abundant that it's cheap.
But why don't they sell the natural gas too? Because they don't have the pipeline capacity to bring it to the markets where it's needed. So they are burning off an energy source, without capturing the power. What a waste.
The pipelines aren't getting built, simply because the government isn't letting them get built. It has been an eye-opening experience to watch liberals block an infrastructure project -- the Keystone XL pipeline -- that two of three Americans (and even a plurality of Democrats) support. Pew had an amazing poll last month reporting that just about every demographic group in America supports the Keystone pipeline, except for Democrats with Ph.D.s and Democrats who earn more than $100,000.
Don't attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by malice.But why don't they sell the natural gas too? Because they don't have the pipeline capacity to bring it to the markets where it's needed. So they are burning off an energy source, without capturing the power. What a waste.
The pipelines aren't getting built, simply because the government isn't letting them get built. It has been an eye-opening experience to watch liberals block an infrastructure project -- the Keystone XL pipeline -- that two of three Americans (and even a plurality of Democrats) support. Pew had an amazing poll last month reporting that just about every demographic group in America supports the Keystone pipeline, except for Democrats with Ph.D.s and Democrats who earn more than $100,000.
