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In reply to the discussion: A political argument against the pipeline. [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)27. Those jobs are a myth...
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/12/16/391272/myth-that-keystone-xl-creates-jobs-perpetuated-by-oil-lobby-parroted-by-congresss-oil-recipients/
"However, studies conducted independently of TransCanada find much smaller jobs numbers, far from tens of thousands. An oil contractor hired by the State Department reported it would create between 5,000 and 6,000 temporary jobs, while an independent study by Cornell University found it would create only 500 to 1,400 temporary jobs. Once the costs of the increased pollution and risk of oil spills is factored in, Cornell found, the jobs impact is likely to be negative. The 118,000 spin-off jobs number used by TransCanada received two Pinocchios from the Washington Post Fact Checker: "
"However, studies conducted independently of TransCanada find much smaller jobs numbers, far from tens of thousands. An oil contractor hired by the State Department reported it would create between 5,000 and 6,000 temporary jobs, while an independent study by Cornell University found it would create only 500 to 1,400 temporary jobs. Once the costs of the increased pollution and risk of oil spills is factored in, Cornell found, the jobs impact is likely to be negative. The 118,000 spin-off jobs number used by TransCanada received two Pinocchios from the Washington Post Fact Checker: "
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Private money will develop the shit, and it goes through all the damn food for the country.
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#22
I read somewhere.. that the oil from this pipeline is going to be sold to China..
lib2DaBone
Dec 2011
#9