Sun Jan 15, 2012, 03:36 PM
Bill USA (6,436 posts)
Five Facts And One Big Lie: A Closer Look At The Oil Lobby's Keystone XL Jobs Claims
Five Facts And One Big Lie: A Closer Look At The Oil Lobby's Keystone XL Jobs Claims
Independent Assessment Found That KXL Jobs Would Create As Few As 50 Permanent Jobs Cornell University Global Labor Institute: Based On TransCanada's Numbers, "The Project Will Create No More Than 2,500-4,600 Temporary Direct Construction Jobs." From Cornell University Global Labor Institute's report: "A calculation of the direct jobs that might be created by KXL can begin with an examination of the jobs on-site to build and inspect the pipeline. The project will create no more than 2,500-4,650 temporary direct construction jobs for two years, according to TransCanada's own data supplied to the State Department." [Cornell University Global Labor Institute, September 2011] Cornell: "Almost All" KXL Jobs Will Be Temporary - Permanent U.S. Jobs Could Be "As Few As 50." From Cornell University Global Labor Institute's report: "t is also important to consider that almost all of the jobs (direct, indirect and induced) associated with Keystone XL will, of course, also be temporary. The operating costs for KXL are very minimal, and based on the figures provided by TransCanada for the Canadian section of the pipeline, the new permanent US pipeline jobs in the US number as few as 50. The other operating expenditures (for materials, supplies, services, electric power, property taxes, etc.) would comprise the bulk of operating expenses and would also have some job impacts. So considering a broad range of spin-offs, operating expenditures would have job impacts in the order of around 1,000 per year." [Cornell University Global Labor Institute, September 2011, internal citations removed] ThinkProgress Graphic Compares TransCanada's Stats With Independent Figures: The following chart from ThinkProgress compares the high-end estimate of Cornell Global Labor Institute's report and the TransCanada-commissioned Perryman Group's estimate: ![]() <more>
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Sun Jan 15, 2012, 03:47 PM
orpupilofnature57 (15,472 posts)
1. Meager ,considering the Big Big money. n/m
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Sun Jan 15, 2012, 04:02 PM
Bill USA (6,436 posts)