piped as renewable natural gas. leftover is used as fertilizer. >> we're taking something that potentially could be a contaminant to the environment, totally taking that out of the picture but at the same time creating a new energy source for the united states that's not carbon-based and we feel pretty good about that. >> so what have we got here? >> we got the future. the future's laying right in front of you. this is a little heifer calf that was born in the last 45 minutes. and that's what it's about. >> how many are born every day? >> probably about 140 to 150. >> this isn't just the cycle of life. this is the start of the cycle you've got going on here. the crops from the manure, which makes the milk, which makes the methane and into the crops to feed the little guy like this one. >> it is a perfect circle with virtually no waste. >> right here is the start of the whole process. >> this is the start of the process. the feed, the farms, that's the start of the process. >> mark gave me an up-close look at the ama

there are a long periods of time where renewables wouldn't put any power at all into a grid. they have to have natural gass is a pretty big expansion of natural gas. i'm sure people had told me that, and i didn't believe them. >> we're building these all over the country, and one of the questions we ask, we need about 3,000 foot in altitude, we need flat land, we need 300 days sunlight and near a gas pipe. because for all of these big utility scale power plants, whether it's wind or solar, everybody is looking at gas as the supplementary fuel. but the plants that we're building, the wind plants and solar plants, are gas plants. >> i end up feeling like a sucker. i ended up feeling like i was a sucker. the idea that we're going to replace oil and coal and natural gas with solar and wind and nothing else is an hallucinatory delusion. you find yourself feeling -- i found myself quite disappointed in myself and honestly quite angry at others who were propagating that myth. >> this light bulb when everybody's got them is a qaudruple efficiency bulb that will displace two dozen power plants. this thing for fluo

we generate more renewable energy than ever. more natural gas than anybody. years, first time in 20 america now produces more oil than we buy from other countries full we decided to fix a broken health care system. 500,000 americans are poised to gain health coverage starting january 1. care costs, health- are growing at their slowest rate in 50 years. one more thing, since i took office, we have cut our deficit by more than half. that makes it easier to invest in the things that create jobs. education, research, and infrastructure. imagine how much farther along we would be if both parties were working together. itnk about what we could do a reckless view did not hold the economy hostage every few months are waste time on trying to retail the affordable care act instead of fixing it. in the weeks ahead, i will continue to talk about my plan to build a better bargain for the middle-class. a chance to buy a home, save and retire. financial security of affordable health care. i will look for any willing partners who want to help. your hard work in tough sacrifi

double our renewable energy. more natural gas than anybody for the first time in nearly 20 years, america now produces more of our own oil than we buy from other countries. that's good news. when i took office, america invested far less than countries like china did in wireless infrastructure. and we have now narrowed that gap, and we have helped companies unleash jobs and innovation and become a booming app economy that's created hundreds of thousands of jobs. six years ago, only 5% of the world's smartphones ran on american operating systems. today more than 80% do. and, yes, we decided to fix a broken health care system. and, you know, it's interesting. i was talking to some of the studio execs here, and i said, look, the rollout of new health care marketplace was rough. and nobody was more frustrated about the problems with our website than i am. and yet here in southern california, and here across this state, there are thousands of people every single day who are getting health care for the first time. for the first time. be

renewable energy are sources that are not finite. it is best to look at it in contrast to nonrenewable energy, oil, natural gas, coal. tually, we will reach a limit of those things. how far away that limit is is hard to know. these are things that there is a set amount on the planet. renewable energy sources are the ones that if we can figure out how to harness them well, are inexhaustible. wind currents, solar energy, geothermal resources. differents as well, types of plant material for creating electric power or ethanol and biofuels in automobile engines. host: nick juliano, which sector makes up the largest renewable energy and why? guest: currently, hydropower. that is historical to the hoover dam and other hydropower projects over the country. arizona, colorado, many other states have courage of our projects. those are the biggest, -- hydropower projects. those are the biggest, we have not built new projects for some time. they leadt is wind, new capacity additions last year. you havet is solar, some projects coming online. rooftops,ig on photovoltaic cells are becoming more widely used. host: ben geman, this cha

electric utilities have to provide 25% of their electricity from renewable solar, -- wind., geothermal, by 2020 five. electric utilities and natural gas have to meet efficiency targets within a period. the second was introduced by tom udall and mike udall. their first cousins, they had a similar bill, 25% by 2025 renewable energy requirement, i don't believe they had the efficiency with theirs. the raf -- ref is popular at the state level. ranging fromevels 15% to 25% over the next decade or decade and a half. it is popular among clean energy advocates and environmentalists, it does not have a lot of chance of gaining traction in this congress. republicans are in charge of the house, they're very resistant to any sort of mandate, that is what an ref is. about realng energies and legislation on capitol hill. (202) 585-dial in 3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. independents and all others, (202) 585-3882. two reporters who cover this issue here to take your questions about legislation on the federal level and the state level when it comes to renewable energy. geman,enna and -- ben b if this legislation that was talking about does not ha

i believe inside a wiki for electric generation switch between fields including coal, natural gas or renewables to our member 35 years ago for the beginning of the great recession when the world economy was screaming out. every cubic foot of natural gas and other sources of energy we could find. all forms of energy going out because he simply couldn't find an effort for the demand. ultimately, we'll find her way out of the current economic downturn in the world to do something and when we do, we will not again i also resisted fuel. if we retire coal-fired capacity, we are setting the stage for a major inflationary spiral in our energy cost and with it the downstream cause of every other good in our economy. we need to protect her coal-fired capacity in iraq to provide down the road. just a few weeks ago, the group of local democrats from my state, leaders who went to washington discuss the issues with the epa. they came away believing it might be a new start, but they came in for this past month when it became clear the epa would not announce new regulations, would announce new regulations that

all of the resources, the natural gas plants, coal plants, renewable energy facilities are all together on a system. wherever the demand is, the electricity can flow. make sure wetem to can move the power when the wind is blowing, to make sure we have the transmission to move the power is the most affordable and effective way to use the wind energy when it is blowing. if the wind is not so strong on certain parts of the day, we have a very robust system that allows flexible units, to ramp . ramp up and down and make sure we balance supply and demand. the system as a whole is the best way to store and make sure we utilize renewable resources when they are producing. host: independent color. michigan. caller: good morning. energy foried green 11 or 12 years. one of the biggest problems i have -- i will address this to -- guest.ous caller math, it isat the $2 million over a. of 50 years -- period of 50 years. i have looked into wind energy. i talked to an engineer here in said, do the math. 18,000, dollar and $.80 a month -- what if the taxpayers have to pay for this big hole in the ground

two-thirds of the electricity in united states comes from fossil fuels, chiefly coal and natural gas. 13% comes from renewables wind and solar. 19% comes from nuclear power plants like this. the department of energy predicts that electricity production around the world will nearly double by 2040. supporters of nuclear power say that no other source can deliver clean, reliable energy on a massive scale. but those same supporters admit when it goes wrong as it did at fukushima, it can be catastrophic. >> there's no other energy source that does this, that leaves huge area contaminated, by this strange invisible presence which you know is potentially deadly. >> that was a clip from "pandora's promise," airing right here on cnn. the film's director robert stone is here with me now. thanks for coming in. i appreciate it. >> great to be here. >> i watched it. it's fascinating. the first thing i thought was this nimby, not in my back yard. even if you have people supporting nuclear power, oftentimes you find they don't want it in their back yard. how do you tackle that given the risks that we all know and we saw at f

more oil, produce more natural gas, and do it all in a way that is actually bringing some of our pollution, our entire economy more energy efficient. today we generate more renewablergy than ever. we produce more natural gas than anybody in the world. just yesterday we learned that the first time since 1995, the united states of america produces more of our own oil home than we buy from other countries. first time since 1995. [ applause ] that's a big deal. that's what america's done these past five years. and that is a huge competitive us. part of the reason companies now want to move, we were just talking about it, this plant, if located in germany, energy maybe triple. same in japan. so this gives us a big edge. but this is also important. we reached the milestone not just because we're producing more energy, but also we're energy. and this plant's a good example of it. we set new fuel standards that double the distance our cars and trucks go on a gallon of gas by the middle of the next decade. that saves the average driver, everybody here, more than $8,000 at the pump over the life of a new car. you like that? we launched initiatives to put people to work upgr

renewables. from there, what i would like to see is a tariff or a small tax on natural gas and fund that money also into renewables. d lastly, campaign finance reform so we can take the big money from the oil industries and all out of politics so that politicians would in turn start making legislation for the eople as opposed to making their legislation to big oil and other industries. host: all right. we're asking all of you about u.s. energy policy in this country. this ahead of our live coverage of cushing, oklahoma. a town of less than 8,000 people but there are 13 companies that run farm tanks in that area. and there are over 300 of those storage tanks that dot the land. this is where the pipes come out of the ground, where oil is stored. and as we told you earlier, the production -- on the production side of the oil industry, we are slated to surpass russia here to become the number two producer in the world and bloomberg business week recently reported that all this oil needs to get stored somewhere. and the largest facility in the country is 60 miles west of catoosa in the small town of cus

brownstein believes natural gas is the fossil fuel we should be using until we get our energy from renewableources like wind and solar power. >> that's what we want but we also understand that it's going to take some time to get there. and the question is, what do you do in the meantime? >> so a little over two years ago the environmental defense fund started to talk to the companies fracking for gas in pennsylvania. the ones that so many other environmentalists see as the enemy. >> and in order to make change, you have to take the time to learn their industry, learn their concerns and be able to talk with folks on their terms about what you see the problems are and also what you see the opportunities are to fix those problems. >> reporter: one of the oil and gas companies brownstein approached also saw an opportunity. paul goodfellow is a shell executive. >> this idea of having a rational conversation with people, looking at the facts and think about how collectively we can raise the performance bar and i think it's a conversation that we can do with more taking place. >> reporter: earlier

decided to reverse our dependence on foreign oil, and today we generate more renewable energy than ever before and more natural gas than anybody in the world. and for the first time in nearly 20 years, america now produces more of our own oil than we buy from other countries. when i took office, we invested a fraction of what other countries did in wireless infrastructure, and today it's up nearly 50 percent, helping companies unleash jobs, innovation and a booming economy that's created more than 500,000 jobs. when i took office, only 5 percent of the world's smartphones ran on american operating systems; today more than 80 percent do. and it's not just in the high- tech economy that we're seeing progress. for example, american farmers are on pace to have one of their best years in decades, and they have consistently been able to export more, make more profits and help restore rural economies than when we came into office. and yes, we decided to take on a broken health care system. and even though the rollout of the new health care system. and even though the rollout of the new health care marketplace has been ro

today we generate more renewable energy than ever before. and more natural gasybody in the world. for the first time in nearly 20 years, american now produces our own oil than we buy from other countries. when i took office, we invested a fraction of what other companies did in wireless infrastructure and today it's up nearly 50%. helping companies unleash jobs and innovation and booming economy that created more than 500,000 jobs. when i took office, only 5% of the world's smartphones ran on american operating systems. today more than 80% do. and it's not just in the high tech economy that we're seeing progress. for example, american farmers are on pace to have one of their best years in decades and they have consistently been able to export more, make more profits and help restore rural economies than when we came into office. and yes, we decided to take on a broken health care system. and even though the rollout of the new health care marketplace has been rough to say the least, about half a million americans are now poised to gain health care coverage beginn

natural gas, indigenous supply here. i'm an optimist and i think natural gas is the biggest drill and i'm a realist and say that renewablesl be a small piece of the mix. >> how much more efficient can the world get? ideally, we would like to be using or have an awful lot less demand. >> energy efficient is energy reform, if you will. and i think energy efficiency is a piece of that puzzle. 88 million barrels a day being burned every day on this planet. barrels of oil,ite? that number is 120 million barrels. so we had to look at all types of energy forms if we're going to power this planet. we can't be short sided. >> chris, good to speak to you. thank you for coming in and giving us your point of view. now, we spoke about this yesterday. ahead of time. disney's fourth quarter profits rose 12% which beat forecasts on strong sales of its video game. disney infinity and the solid box office performance by monsters university. but product units at the cable tv were were down 7%. the company cited timing of recording fee revenue on espn. bob iger appearing on closing bell focused on the positives. >> we feel really good about

lands, job and energy security act, is a package of bills that will help us expand, oil, natural gas and renewable energy production on public lands. it will streamline government red tape, break down bureaucratic hurdles and put in ace a clear plan for developing our own energy resources. these bills will spur job creation and help grow and strengthen our economy. now, madam chairman, i want to take a moment to specifically highlight the importance of the third title in this bill, the national petroleum reserve alaska access act. npra was specifically designated in 1923 as the petroleum reserve. let me repeat that, madam chairman. npra was specifically designated in 1923 -- that's 90 years ago -- as a petroleum reserve. its expressed purpose was to supply our country with american energy. that was the foresight of congress 90 years ago. that's why it's completely unacceptable that the obama administration this year finalized a plan to close half of npra to energy production. now, let me repeat. we set aside npra 90 years ago for energy production, and this administration unilaterally shut off hal

so we are producing more traditional energy, more noble energy than ever -- renewable energy than ever before, more natural gas come to we have cut our pollution in the process here at -- process. host: what do you mean -- what do you make of the all of the above policy? itst: we do not support because it means more of the same. this is where the administration is at war with itself, without the president has talked about how climate change is a moral obligation and an economic opportunity to transition to clean energy. at the same time, when the president talks about an energy policy that is all of the above, expanding oil drilling, expanding fracking, expanding exports of fossil fuels, that only undermines his first goal. the opportunity here is under the obama administration, the price of wind has dropped by almost 50%. the price of solar has dropped more than 75%. so, we have a chance right now, to leapfrog over fossil fuels. not right away, and not entirely, but when all of these coal plants are coming off line, we can have a majority of the energy mix -- a super majority of the energy mix, come from sola

we operate the power grid as an entire system where all the resources, the natural gas plants, coal plants, and renewable energy facilities work together on a system, and wherever the demand is, the electricity flows, and so using the system to make sure that we can actually move the power when the wind is blowing to make sure we have the transmission to move that electricity to the place where the demand is is actually the most affordable and effective way to utilize wind energy when it is blowing, and if the wind is not so strong op certain parts of the day, we have a robust system that allows flexible power plants like gas units to ramp up and down and balance the supply and demand so this system as a whole is actually the best way to quote-on-quote sort of store and utilize renewable resources when they are producing. >> host: clark next, auburn hills, michigan, independent caller. >> caller: morning. >> host: good morning. >> caller: i studied green energy for 11 or 12 years now, and one of the biggest problems that i have is i'm going to address this, actually, to the previous caller, the example,

the above energy strategy and we are producing more traditional energy, more renewable energy than ever before, more natural gasthan anyone in the world, and we have cut our carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business with america has always been strong, we've made it stronger. and of course you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the world's best universities. its most innovative entrepreneurs. we have the strongest intellectual property protections to go along with a rule of law that matches up with anyone. and, thanks in part to a new initiative focused on exports and the new trade agreement that is i have signed we sell more products to the rest of the world than ever before. so as you have heard repeatedly today and you will hear undoubtedly after i leave this stage, america is open for business. and businesses have responded. after a decade in which many jobs left the united states to go overseas, now we are seeing companies starting to bring jobs back because they're seeing the advantages of being located here. catter pillar is

what's replacing coal is natural gas, not renewables.t's simply not true. >> michael let me ask you a quick question, why not consider their position especially when you have the letter coming out from environmentalists that said there's no credible path to climate stabilization that doesn't include nuclear. >> i think we all have the same goal that we want to create a society where our emissions are stabilized, where we're not plunging our country and the planet into severe storms or droughts or wildfires, so we solutions will actually work to solve the problem. and there's a whole range of different energy choices, from fossil fuels to nuclear power, solar, wind, geothermal, et cetera. robert didn't invite a single wind advocate or a single solar advocate into his studio on his film because nuclear power can't even compete in the marketplace for ideas. >> robert respond to that. are you drowning out the other voices that oppose your view on this. >> no. >> what with the big elephant in the room the safety issue. you don't have to look

is also just an economic fact that natural gas prices prices are declining much more quickly than coal prices are at this point and back to the question of renewableswe just don't have the kind of investment that we need to spur these projects to build the infrastructure we really need to have a national infrastructure for it and we don't have that investment and it just seems like why not now then when you know let's talk about let's take a look but the last two presidential candidates and what their opinion is on coal. clean coal technology is so good but. by the way we could prove the drill. fleet ever g. technologies. we have two hundred fifty years of coal why would we do utility bills or people wonder how they're going to have a brighter future if they can't see how they can make it to the end of the next month. that romney proves this message. that you hear that you know. dirty miners walking around standing behind romney you have obama saying clean coal i mean what are we supposed to do when we have these majorly you know the democrat republican candidate for president last year both kind of you know proliferating that myth of clean coal an

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is also just an economic fact that natural gas prices prices are declining much more quickly than coal prices are at this point and back to the question of renewableswe just don't have the kind of investment that we need to spur these projects to build the infrastructure we really need to have a national infrastructure for it and we don't have that investment. it just seems like why not and not now then when you know let's talk let's take a look but the last two presidential candidates and what their opinion is on. clean coal technology is so good. that by the way we could prove the drill. fleet ever gtech know if you. have two hundred fifty years of coal why it would reduce the utility bills are a people wonder how they're going to have a brighter future if they can't see how they can make it to the end of the next month. that romney proves this message. that you hear the dirty miners walking around standing behind romney you have obama saying clean coal i mean what are we supposed to do when we have these majorly you know the democrat republican candidate for president last year both kind of you know proliferating that myth of clean coal and that

natural gas than any time in history. this transformation is driving down energy costs for consumers and businesses. our increase in energy production is not limited to oil and ghass. -- gas. energy and renewableresources like wind and solar doubled in the president's first term and we will continue to make investments in these cutting edge technologies. so our economy has made progress and that progress has made the united states an even better place to invest. but i want to underscore for everyone here that we are not satisfied with the current pace of job creation and economic growth. we know that there are things that we can do to invest in american skills, american innovation, and american infrastructure. so that the united states remains the most attractive place around the globe to do business. taking action in these areas is good for growth and it's good for job creation. while the process create unnecessary anxiety, congress proved it can still do what is needed when it came together on a bipartisan basis just two weeks ago to reopen our government and raise the statutory debt limit. it's now time for congress to make a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda the focal point. this will strengthen

natural gas, solar, and nuclear. many of these programs are both unnecessary for further development of these technologies and are blatantly duplicative. in fact, another g.a.o. study identified a mind-boggling 6779 renewable energy initiatives across 23 agencies in fiscal year 2010. prominently featured in a report from in a report from my colleague from oklahoma, senator coburn, these cost $15 billion just in 2010 lien. instead of continuing to pick winners and losers, congress needs to reduce its footprint in well established areas of the energy sector. not only would this help level the playing field for emerging energy technologies prepare to compete in the marketplace, it would save taxpayers untold billions of dollars. with just one month to go before the budget deadline, i urge my colleagues to reject the urge to fixate on raising taxes and instead help focus negotiations on smart, achievable spending reductions. by eliminating waste and prioritizing spending within the b.c.a. framework, we are shore up this country's fiscal future. turning out the lights on wasteful programs at the department of energy would be a step in the rate direction. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i note t

it's cheap, natural gas being used as a substitute. it's more affordable passes renewable energy in its reduced calls market share for electricity generation. this is something the government did. this is something the market dictated. i know many of you are here from the coal industry. many tell you i've been in congress a long time. we try to deal with the acid rain problem. i suggested everybody in the country pay a fee to help pay for the scrubbers to stop what was going up to the northeast of canada. you know what we were told? it is no problem. when president george h.w. bush signed the law, we required the reductions being made in the cheapest possible way. what they did is they switched to low sulfur coal and destroyed the industry. in 2009, we proposed giving the coal industry billions of developed coal technology that would remove this problem and instead we were told there is no such problem. we've had many hearings on this issue. we need you here from everybody. i want to yell the balance of my time plus some. >> thank you. i appreciate you yielding. i agree th

renewable and clean energy technology. m energy and in taiwan and japan and south korea, we are promoting cleaner burning natural gas to meethat energy demand with lower carbon alternatives. another key driver of economic growth and development is the expansion of women's participation in the workforce throughout the asia-pacific. this single change has the potential to do the most a good for the greatest number of people. in developed countries like japan, full participation in the workforce by women could increase per capita gdp by as much as 4%. it is no coincidence that in the philippines, where there are making strong progress to close the gender gap, it also has an of the fastest-growing economies in the region. the world economic forum has shown that those two factors are closely correlated. simply put, this marler the gender gap, -- the small of the gender gap, the stronger the economic growth. promoting shared prosperity are vital elements. so too is advancing respect for the rights and values we hold dear. since world war ii, the united states has played a key role in fostering one of the most significant developm

natural gas than any time in history. this transformation is driving down energy costs for consumers and businesses. our increase in energy production is not limited to oil and gas. energy and renewable resources like wind and solar double in the president's first term and will continue to make investments in cutting edge technologies. our economy has made progress, and the progress is made the united states a better place to invest. i want to underscore that we are not satisfied with the current pace of job creation and economic growth. we know that there are things that we can be to invest in american skills, animation, and infrastructure. the next days will remain the most attractive place around the globe to do business. taking actions in these areas is good for growth and could for job creation. of the process created unnecessary anxiety congress predicted still do what it needed when it came together on a bipartisan basis just two weeks ago to the reopen our government. is not time for congress to make a pro-growth pro jobs agenda the focal point which will strengthen our economy at home and further cement the united states is the best place to invest, hire, and agribusinesses

more than 100 years of supply of natural gas, billions of barrels of reserves of oil, and we are truly the source of foriration and innovation conservation, renewables year, the united states set out $300 billion with no economic impact to pay for imported oil. much of these billions go to countries other than mexico and canada that either hate us now or are politically unstable and could quickly learn to hate us in a heartbeat. the most transformative development since the internet was commercialized is a combination of two existing innovations -- horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking. this domestic oil and gas revolution allows us to have a whole new host of opportunities to empower people to be successful and live lives of purpose and meaning in their way. we could industrialize the country with the lowest cost energy source in the world. we could reduce costs for consumers, as is happening. hundreds of billions of dollars each year now in terms of savings for lower power bills. we can create thousands of high wage jobs in the united states. we already know what the solutions are. many people in the room are working on this. i would encourag

renewables and between oil and gas and pipelines. for nearly 30 years, traditional nonrenewable sources of energy have had access to master limited partnerships. m.l.p.'s give natural gas, oil and coal companies access to private capital at a lower cost. that's something that capital intensive projects, like pipelines, badly need. but alternative energy projects, i would argue, now need that as well. in fact, in some ways more than ever. i spoke just last night to a group of board members at the national academies of science. and what we spoke about was how much technology has developed, has sped up in the clean energy space, but how financial innovation hasn't kept pace. this has held back renewable energy and investments in energy efficiency, even as technology has made energy production and distribution and energy efficiency cheaper to achieve. expanding access through this broad bipartisan bill to low-cost long-term capital would be an important step to letting new energy sources take off and letting them compete on a level playing field with all sources of energy. that's exactly what the m.l.p. pair it'parity act intends to d. last but not least, i was proud t

renewable and clean energy technologies. like india, taiwan, japan and south korea to bring these technologies to market. we are also promoting cleaner burning natural gas as well as safe and secure nuclear energy to meet the region's rising energy demand was lower carbon alternatives. another key driver of economic growth, global economic growth and development is the expansion of women's participation in the workforce throughout the asia-pacific. this single change has the potential to do the most good for the greatest number of people. in developed countries like japan ,-com,-com ma fuller participation in the workforce by women could increase per-capita gdp by as much as 4%. and it's no coincidence that in the philippines, where they are making strong progress to close the gender gap, they also have one of the fastest-growing economies in the region. the world economic forum has shown that those two factors are closely correlated. simply put, the smaller the gender gap, the stronger the economic growth. strengthening our shared security and promoting our shared prosperity are vital elements of america's commitment to the asia-pacific region. so too

natural gas production and wind energy generation. so i think increasingly we're thinking about in oklahoma and nationally ways to blend our fuel consumption with traditional fossil fuels with renewables like solar, light wind, beautifuls and other options -- biofuels and other in spite of what i have no doubt yourserious concern for caller, it remains that pipeline transportation is the safest, most environmentally friendly way to transport crude oil. while enbridge would like to speak to their particular expertise in this area, in general it will be the case we will consume fossil fuel that will feed economic activity nationally and the pipeline system will allow that to occur. host: on the issue of how oil is transported, this is from "the wall street journal. likeis happening in areas the blocking shall, other high production areas where they are trying to transport oil, get it out of there, and get it to the refineries? to build takes time the appropriate infrastructure, to comply with due diligence in terms of regulations and environmental concerns, as enbridge would speak to. fields of production develop faster than transportation. you have crude oil in place as production expl