Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and United States. It runs from Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta, Canada to the Illinois and Texas refineries, also to oil tank farms and oil distribution center in Crushing, Oklahoma. This pipeline will allow Canadian and American oil producers to have more access to larger refined markets. This pipeline has a 36 inch diameter and a capacity of 830,000 barrels per day. Pipeline project is a huge project that first was introduced by the Canadians which created a lot of polemics within the United States government, New York Times wrote an article about this issue stating that Environmentalists oppose the project because it would create a conduit to market for petroleum extracted from the Alberta. The construction of the pipeline can have a positive impact for US because will give many people the opportunity to have a job, is estimated that there will be around 13,000 positions available. But then again when the pipeline is build these people will lose their job because is a temporary position. In 2011, the most the global economy emitted 32.6 billion metric tons of carbon pollution. The United States emitted around 5.5 billion United States. Electric power plants produced 2.8 billion tons of those greenhouse gases; vehicle emitted 1.9 billion tons. The Keystone pipeline would add 18.7 million more metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere. Like there are negative impacts by the build of the pipeline there are also positive impacts. By building this Pipeline there will be economic benefits, around 3billion dollars will go towards U.S GDP. This Pipeline provides secure access to domestic crude oil. I personally believe that building the Pipeline will help United States and Canada in many different aspects, those being economic and social.
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