The Keystone Pipeline
Where the Presidential candidates stand in 2012
The Issue
- Expense
If the people responsible want to build the pipeline all the way from Canada to
Houston, TX they would have to lease the land either from private owners or
public land from the government, also they need to buy all of the supplies
needed to build it, and pay all the workers, so it will cost quite a bit.
- Jobs
According to Republican Candidate Mitt Romney the building of the pipeline will
create hundreds of jobs for people, but in reality it will only last while thepipeline
is actually being built after that it will me monitored by computers and clean up
crews will be called in if it leaks.
- Environmental Impact
While the pipeline is being built, of course, the environment will be effected (the
grounds where it will be built will be disturbed). Also during the maintenance of
the pipe it will have to release pressure by venting gas into the air, and
obviously if the pipe leaks the area around it will be effected.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is against the building of the pipeline. He is focusing on the problems and seems to think there are more cons than pros on the building of the pipeline.
This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people... In the months ahead, we will continue to look for new ways to partner with the oil and gas industry to increase our energy security..."
~Barack Obama
January 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is for building the pipeline, generally Republicans fallow the recommendations of the petroleum industry. Mitt Romney believes that the pipeline will offer many jobs and seems to be ignoring all the problems that may arise from it.
In my opinion it seems that Mitt Romney hasn't really thought much about this issue, he may have, but he defiantly had way less to say than Barack Obama.
~Mitt Romney
March 1, 2012