Keystone XL Pipeline Analysis

The Keystone XL pipeline is a pipeline that runs from Canada to the United States. This pipeline would take expensive Canadian tar sand oil in Alberta to the southeast part of Texas next to the Gulf of Mexico, so petroleum products can be transported around the world. This great project would supply petroleum demands and create many jobs. The battle between industrialists for the petroleum and the environmentalists against the petroleum has great influence on the Keystone pipeline. The only thing needed for this project to take off in 2015 is for President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s approval. On November 6, 2015, President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau both agreed to reject the proposal of the Keystone XL pipeline. The November 14, 2015 article from the Economist subscription “Keystone Flop”, explains the importance of the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. The article informs and tries to influence the people of the United States and Canada that the Keystone pipeline
Instead of using the pipeline the petroleum will be transported by railcars. The bad thing about pipelines is that they are safer to transport petroleum than railcars. In the past there have been more accidents with railcars than pipelines. The railcars explode, spill tons of gallons and expel emissions into the air. Railcars also put more people’s lives at sake. There have been many accidents with railcars killing many people. What the article does not explain are the good things about the Keystone XL proposal. It does not state the amount of jobs that will be made from the pipeline. It also does not explain that the economy need more petroleum product to keep up with the demand. One downfall from that is that petroleum prices are down now and the tar sand oil is expensive, so it would not be worth it. Also, if we do not need the pipeline now, build it, and use when it is