What is the benefit to shutting down the oil pipeline?
In what way does it benefit the average American, our country or the world to shut down the pipeline in favor of railway transportation?
In what way does it benefit the average American, our country or the world to shut down the pipeline in favor of railway transportation?
Anonymous
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Shutting the pipeline will raise gas prices and require oil to be carried by more dangerous and more expensive rail and truck.
This isn’t about saving Native American lands. In fact the Ute wrote a very strong letter condemning how Biden violated treaties with them, by regulating their lands in ways he had no right to.
dain978
Those people were going to lose their jobs anyway. Once the pipeline was built. Only 35 people would have full time jobs. Companies are going to do what Apple did in Brazil. Apple built a factory there and promised hundreds of jobs. Then when the factory was built they automated the whole factory. It's less that 200 people employed there. Once they figure out how to automate those jobs. Those people will be fired.
Anonymous
Green new deal by radical left. Texas is suing Biden.
hamel5
To be honest - the pipeline wasn't going to actually benefit the average American either. Oil was going end up at the Port of New Orleans for export.
Prices are dependent on supply - when the economy heats up - prices go up. There wasn't going to be and hometown deals on gas.
The benefit is mostly to the farmers, ranchers and municipalities who's water supply would be threatened by leaks. Every form of transport has its' benefits and liabilities
Edit - Anyone who talks about "tens of thousands of jobs" is clueless. 1,000 - 1,200 jobs between here and Canada tops.
Anonymous
There is no benefit. It actually kills tens of thousands of jobs.