The president doesn't make decisions on pipelines. And as far as public outcry -- showing up to a protest doesn't make that the representative voice of the publ

The president doesn't make decisions on pipelines. And as far as public outcry -- showing up to a protest doesn't make that the representative voice of the public. I support that pipeline because it's better than sending trucks and trains overland to ship energy. But was my voice counted? Not if using protests as a proxy for public opinion is how it's done. The oil company could use Star Trek teleportation technology and people would still protest it. They don't oppose the pipeline, they oppose what runs through it. Yet, they didn't all get to those protests in electric cars on on bicycles. They didn't tweet about it on stone tablets -- they use the very product they don't want people to use. Don't like oil? Stop benefiting from it while simultaneously hating it.