Obama kills Keystone XL, Chris Christie greenlights Marcellus Shale gas pipeline in NJ

It's a tale of two pipelines. Both adamantly opposed by the usual rabid bunch of econuts. Both key to establishing American energy independence.

And it's a tale of two leaders. One desperately seeking to appease every radical constituency by tearing down two centuries of industrial achievement. The other pragmatic and decisive, cognizant of risk, yet unwilling to let opportunity pass us by.

In the end, Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project was as predictable as it was anticlimactic. He promised to tilt at windmills while sending gasoline and electricity prices through the roof, and he continues to deliver.

But lost in yesterday's recriminations was Chris Christie's decision to forge ahead with an ambitious natural gas pipeline, one that is also slated to traverse "sensitive" environmental areas. In response to boilerplate Sierra Club doomsaying one of his Highlands Commissioners put it thusly:

"An adequate supply of natural gas is equal to the need for drinking water."

Indeed. And so a pipeline, stretching from the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania, traversing the Highlands watershed, and terminating in Mahwah will soon be a reality. With it comes a 55% increase in the quantity of natural gas available to New Jerseyans. And of course, jobs. Good paying, sorely needed jobs. Clean, reliable energy too.

That's a win for New Jersey, and a win for America. And it's one more reason why Barack Obama must be defeated in November. Yes, even if that means we have to get used to saying "President Romney."

Posted at 09:47 by Chris Wysocki   [/news]   Comments | Perm Link |
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