as individualism‚ futuristic‚ democratic‚ aggressiveness‚ inquisitiveness‚ materialistic‚ expedite‚ pragmatic‚ and optimistic. And perhaps what exemplifies this American personality the most is the story of the Donner Party. When their journey began in 1846‚ the members of the Donner and Reed families had high hopes of reaching California‚ and they would settle at nothing less. Their dream of making a new life for themselves represented great determination. When their packed wagons rolled out
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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
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it is the human consumption of one another whether out of extreme situations‚ or a mentally unstable rationale.(“Dictionary”) Throughout history there have always been textbook example of such occurrences; Such as in the Jamestown Colony and the Donner Party. Both were horrific accounts of occurrences due to lack of hindsight and a hint of both ignorance and arrogance. Furthermore they were very preventable. Regardless of that there was still legal measures that had to be taken
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Keystone XL Pipeline: A Risky Venture Introduction to Transportation Management‚ TLMT 311 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Overview of Issue 3-6 Supporters of Keystone XL Pipeline 6-7 Discussion of Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline 7-8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Throughout history‚ The United States has been much reliant upon oil rich countries for liquid
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Austin Van Hoesen Professor Ratcliffe WRC 1023 28th February 2013 Accept Keystone with an Understanding Is the Keystone XL Pipeline really worth the risk? There are many Americans that believe so and there are just as many that don’t think so. Each side has their reasons and they are sufficient reasons backed up by liable sources. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a pipeline system that would transport crude oil for the Tar Sands in Alberta‚ Canada‚ through the continental United States all the way
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The Keystone XL Pipeline: Environmental Impact Abstract. The topic of global oil production is becoming a well-recognized political issue‚ as it should‚ but the environmental impacts need to be addressed as well. The recent development project of the Canadian oil sands has been put into the spotlight after the TransCanada Company applied for a permit allowing their Keystone XL pipeline. Introduction. The Keystone XL pipeline is a project of oil companies invested in tar sands oil‚ which
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Professor Gomez California Studies 110 15 November 2014 The Journey of the Donner Party Westward expansion was popular in the 1800’s due to the idea of the “Manifest Destiny”. The Manifest Destiny was a political movement that encouraged the people living in the east to expand westward and establish settlement all throughout the lands of the west. Along with the many others who wanted to move west‚ the Donner Party too wanted to benefit from the western lands. Their plan was to move to California
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The Keystone XL Pipeline was a proposed pipeline that would have transported crude oil from Hardisty‚ Alberta to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The pipeline would have stretched 1‚179 miles in a direct path to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The proposed pipeline was hoping to bring thousands of jobs to the market‚ strengthen the economy of the US and the communities surrounding the pipeline‚ and of course to transport oil in a safe way to fuel the needs of the American people. After seven years of review‚ the
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A Canadian company‚ Keystone XL Pipeline‚ wants to export oil from its vast supply into the United States and possibly to other markets as well. Some groups are against the pipeline for various reasons‚ one of which is they state the oil sands project is harmful to the environment. They further say that the increased oil supply to the US will not make a large dent in our overall consumption and therefore is pointless. I completely disagree with this logic. The increase in the oil supply would
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in brown and black oil. Jonathan Waldman‚ an environmental journalist at the University of Colorado‚ published an article that argued that the Keystone XL pipeline should be built because it is the safest way to move tar sands oil‚ does not affect the environment and climate‚ and creates effective jobs. However‚ that is not the case. The Keystone XL Pipeline is actually a dangerous way to move oil from Point A to Point B‚ affects the environment negatively‚ and does not create effective jobs. In the
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