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The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is an oil pipeline system that would run from Alberta, Canada to the center of the US, Nebraska. This project has being a hot topic ever since it was introduced in 2010. It has sparked both praise and critics though the higher power like member of the congress and even the president. The idea of this system is to help to have a homegrown resource at our disposal and also helping reducing the amount of resources imported from other countries like Iraq and Venezuela. However we know that every change or creating a new system also has his complications along with its benefit.
The proposed keystone XL pipeline has being around since 2005, but only were used in Canada. It has created a thousand of jobs and help boost the Canadian economy. So they decided to expend the pipeline to the US in 2010. They reveal different routes for the pipelines to get to Nebraska, which would be the destination. Some member of the US government including the president is not a big fan of the project since his plans is to build more renewable energy and cutting on oil dependency.
So the pros of his project would be:
· It would open up thousands of jobs
· It also means that it would decrease consumption from OPEC by 12%.
· It would boost the economy
However the cons seem to overcome the pros, which I understand why the president is stalling on passing the bill:
· The pipeline would damage the environment condition.
· Its leak would affect the fresh water in Nebraska.
· It would also affect the wildlife animal.
· It would create and add the air pollution by releasing CO2.
· Last and most of all it is not a clean energy, which is the future of the president’s plans.
So this system sounds good, but would have being better if it was introduced in the 19th century. Since in this present day, we believe that clean renewable energy is the way to a better future, I don’t believe the pipeline resolve our solution even half way going forward.