Americans Overwhelmingly Support Keystone Pipeline

New Post-ABC News poll:

Americans support the idea of constructing the Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the United States by a nearly 3 to 1 margin, with 65 percent saying it should be approved and 22 percent opposed, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The findings also show that the public thinks the massive project, which aims to ship 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta and the northern Great Plains to refineries on the Gulf Coast, will produce significant economic benefits. Eighty-five percent say the pipeline would create a significant number of jobs, with 62 percent saying they “strongly” believed that to be the case.

At the same time, nearly half of those interviewed — 47 percent — say they think Keystone will pose a significant risk to the environment.

That so many Americans back the pipeline, even with environmental risks, highlights the quandary facing President Obama and his top aides as they weigh whether to approve the proposal.

What this shows is that Americans as a whole do not support the anti-western civilization agenda of the extreme "environmentalists".  They understand that to have a nice, western style life, you have to use energy, and for most, the cheaper that energy the better, since energy is a significant factor in daily budgets.  They understand that some environmental problems can occur, but that they are not the planet ending catastrophes that the watermelons (green on the outside, red in the middle) portray, and are easily fixed and avoided with an energy rich civilization.