Hi LarryG:The pipeline has noihntg to do with energy independence for the United States. Canada has a resource and wants to sell that resource on the world market. The oil will be sent to a tax free refinery in TX and then the refined products will be sent overseas to countries like China, India and Europe. Here is just one small quote from a different website: US import dependence falls on surge in US product exportsU.S. refiners exported a lot of jet fuel, heating oil, and gasoline this year; so much so that they actually exported more finished products than the country imported for the first time since 1949. However, this development also highlighted the energy illiteracy among some in the media, who incorrectly reported that the U.S. had become a net exporter of oil. This was not remotely true; the U.S. is still highly dependent on oil imports. They have just been using more of that oil to make finished products for export. .LarryG I think the bottom line for me is this. No matter where we in the U.S. get our oil, it causes dollars to leave our country. It doesn't make any difference if the oil comes from Mexico, Canada or OPEC every gallon we burn causes several dollars to leave the country. At the current time there are about $400 billion dollars per year leaving our country; some to Mexico, some to OPEC, some to Canada and other small parts to other countries. Here is a good math problem for you.If you paid a worker $40,000 per year, how many workers could you hire every year for $400 billion dollars?$400,000,000,000 = How many workers? $40,000Recently I found that the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that there are about 12,000,000 unemployed workers in the U.S. How many could we put to work at that $40,000 salary level. The least costly method for Canada is to get it's oil refined in TX in a tax free zone and then sell the finished products on the world market. There is noihntg stopping Canada from installing additional pipeline capacity to their Western ports. However, it is the TX refinery capacity that they really need. Here is a thought. Maybe we should decouple the United States from the worlds oil market. Maybe gasoline in the U.S. would be $1.85/gallon instead of $3.75
Car control by cell phone
By: drivers.com staff
Date: Sunday, 07. April 2013
Koreans like to be at the leading edge of the hi-tech revolution, so it's no surprise that the next trend in mobility and connectivity is getting under way there - the cell phone as a tool for automobile operation.
Korea's SK Telecom announced today that it will give the first ever demonstration of a mobile telematics service it calls 'Mobile in Vehicle (MIV)' at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show which is under way this week.
Most of us are familiar with telematics services such as navigation, traffic information, and such features as collision notification. SK's MIV takes all this to a new level: diagnostic checks such as checking your vehicle's oil status by phone; checking fuel level, remote starting, operating trunk, headlights and taillights.
On its web site, SK telecom describes its vision for the new device capability:
"Before leaving home for a family road trip, John uses his mobile phone to check his car - fuel, engine, brake line, etc. - and remotely starts up the vehicle with a simple click on his mobile phone screen. Then the vehicle downloads weather and traffic information to adjust in-car temperature and seats to provide the optimal driving and riding environment for all family members. As John gets in the car, it shifts to 'Eco-Driving Mode' based on the analysis of his driving patterns to maximize fuel-efficiency. Such conversion between mobile technology and automotive industry will soon bring what seemed to be a far future into our daily lives"
SK telecom looks to this new "convergence market" to boost automotive interest and telematics sales through 2010.
Sung-Chul Hong, Executive Vice President and Head of Next Internet Business Division of SK Telecom said, "Over a one-year period of development, SK Telecom accumulated rich know-how and capability for developing and commercializing mobile telematics technologies. The telematics service provided in the form of a package - offering mobile telecommunications technology, platform and contents - is promising, as it can be used via both smartphones and non-smartphones, thereby making it highly compatible with all types and brands of automobiles worldwide."
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