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Douglas A. GrandtPO Box 6603

  Lincoln, NE 68506

  February 14, 2014

Bureau of Energy Resources, Room 4843 Attn: Keystone XL Public Comments

U.S. Department of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520

Re: TransCanada permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline

Dear John Kerry and Barack Obama:

My letter dated February 8 presented the German Advisory Council on Global Change’s 2009report “Solving the climate dilemma: The budget approach” (http://bit.ly/WBGU-2009) whichcorroborates Dr. James E. Hansen and his team’s warning that humanity must quickly beginto reduce burning coal, oil and gas in order to achieve ~6% annual reductions in carbon fuelcombustion and concomitant reductions in CO2 emissions. (Graph on the left.)

The EnSys WORLD model as stated in the FSEIS uses U.S. Department of Energy forecastsfor global fossil fuel consumption, which is expected to grow by an astonishing 40% by 2035.(Graph on the right, available at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/index.cfm)

It is clear from this juxtaposition that opening more petroleum reserves up to production iscontraindicated. Exploiting new deposits including the Western Canada Sedimentary Basinbitumen goes counter to The President’s Climate Action Plan and recent Executive Order.

Having studied the FSEIS extensively (although admittedly, not exhaustively) over the past

two weeks, I have not found any indication that the EnSys WORLD model includes anythingother that current refining capacity.

It is imperative that scenarios be studied to determine the impacts of a steady reduction inrefining capacity to near zero over a 20-year to 30-year period. In the near future, expect aserious effort to implement effective measures to scale back our reliance on fossil fuels.

Sincerely yours,

Doug Grandt