MUENCHHAUSEN
AN ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER ABOUT
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY,
RENEWABLE
RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY,
AND RELATED TOPICS
By BOOTSTRAP PRESS, INC.
BETHESDA, MD 20817
JJGREENBARON(at)VERIZON.NET
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January 7, 2015
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RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY,
AND RELATED TOPICS
By BOOTSTRAP PRESS, INC.
BETHESDA, MD 20817
JJGREENBARON(at)VERIZON.NET
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January 7, 2015
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WELCOME!
The Green Baron (TGB) welcomes one and all who
take the time to read Muenchhausen. He aims to "tell it like
it is" as much as possible, and avoid advocacy and ideological positions.
There are enough of those to go around in other publications. The Green Baron
also welcomes comments from anyone who may read Muenchhausen.
Please send comments to the e-mail address above.
Merry Russian Christmas!
"DEEP FREEZE"
It appears that many Midwestern and Eastern states of the US are in the "deep freeze", with perhaps record low temperatures, combined with high winds, are plaguing cities such as Chicago. Even TGB's area of southeastern Montgomery County, MD, will experience bitter cold with a fresh wind behind it, to give a wind-chill effect perhaps as low as -15 F or -26 C. After maybe two days there could be some moderation in air temperatures here, but the comfortable days are gone, seemingly not to return for several weeks.
KEYSTONE XL TO A VOTE
On January 8, legislation authorizing the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast should be coming up for a vote in the newly constituted 114th US Congress. Conventional wisdom states that it will pass the House of Representatives and the Senate. A presidential veto appears certain, and TGB sees estimates that the votes in both chambers needed to override a veto are not available. Strange events, however, cannot be entirely ruled out, and perhaps President Obama's veto could be overridden. Even in that highly unlikely event, however, TGB would guess that construction of Keystone XL would still not occur, because batteries of lawsuits stand ready to be filed should an override happen, so the project could be tied up in the courts and likely die there.
In any event, the Alberta Oil,Sands oil will go somewhere: Either to a Canadian Pacific port somewhere near Vancouver, or perhaps to an Atlantic port such as St. John, New Brunswick, or maybe even both. Stay tuned!
Merry Russian Christmas!
"DEEP FREEZE"
It appears that many Midwestern and Eastern states of the US are in the "deep freeze", with perhaps record low temperatures, combined with high winds, are plaguing cities such as Chicago. Even TGB's area of southeastern Montgomery County, MD, will experience bitter cold with a fresh wind behind it, to give a wind-chill effect perhaps as low as -15 F or -26 C. After maybe two days there could be some moderation in air temperatures here, but the comfortable days are gone, seemingly not to return for several weeks.
KEYSTONE XL TO A VOTE
On January 8, legislation authorizing the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast should be coming up for a vote in the newly constituted 114th US Congress. Conventional wisdom states that it will pass the House of Representatives and the Senate. A presidential veto appears certain, and TGB sees estimates that the votes in both chambers needed to override a veto are not available. Strange events, however, cannot be entirely ruled out, and perhaps President Obama's veto could be overridden. Even in that highly unlikely event, however, TGB would guess that construction of Keystone XL would still not occur, because batteries of lawsuits stand ready to be filed should an override happen, so the project could be tied up in the courts and likely die there.
In any event, the Alberta Oil,Sands oil will go somewhere: Either to a Canadian Pacific port somewhere near Vancouver, or perhaps to an Atlantic port such as St. John, New Brunswick, or maybe even both. Stay tuned!
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